Roo aggression

[Greene55]

Ok so new question if I may... dark Cornish bantam roo an polish roo.... grew up from chicks together in same flock with 10'x10' with 7' high enclosure and 7 nesting boxes, coop space and numerous perches... these 2 guys bump chest but the bantam gave a strong peck as the polish welped once an retreat.. so with total flock of 8.. 2 bein roosters do u think I need more hens or will the aggression still be unstoppable?

 

[azygous]

If those two are around four to six months, you haven't seen anything yet. Bumping chests is kid stuff, just play. Wait until they go at each other with talons out front, neck feathers flared, and end up in a death grip with one clamping his beak onto the other's comb like vice grips.

Unless you want to expand your flock to about twenty hens, you're not going to be able to make these two peacefully coexist. The options are to rehome one or separate them during the day.

 

[RollTideChicken]

I tried to seperate two roosters and all they did was try to fight each other through the wire. One of them would inevitability get a spur caught and be hung there until rescued. I almost lost my Bielefelder roo that way, so I decided the other had to...umm...go.

 

[Greene55]

But if I get new hens they will be behind in age considerably... would that be ok ? And would my space be large enough for 6 more hens so total 12 hens 6 for each I know it's cutting it close lol but I want this to work ,, any thoughts ? And thank u

 

[Mrs. K]

Being chicks raised together will have no influence. Wanting them all to be nice and get along also will have no influence.

Just looking at the limited picture, your run looks bare and empty. I have found it is much more interesting to chickens if it is very heavily cluttered with mini walls, roosts, platforms birds can get under and on top. From the picture, there is no way for birds to get out of sight from each other or away from each other, which will tend to provoke aggression.

In chicken society, giving way, getting out of sight, giving up prime location are all ways of "bowing to the queen or king" if birds are not able to do this, it often times provokes a stronger and more aggressive response.

New baby chicks will not help this situation for months. In a limited set up, more hens often times is not a viable answer. Roosters do not understand sharing, they each will want all of the hens.

It might work with the clutter, but you do need a plan B, set up and ready to go to separate and cull one of the roosters if it does not work. Culling meaning separating from your flock as you choose. A 5 foot handle fish net will work to separate fighting birds.

Mrs K

 

[azygous]

@Mrs. K makes many great points. The bottom line is you cannot predict how these two will behave as they mature, and you still haven't told us how old they are.

Beware of getting more chickens and possibly creating more problems before you've worked out how to deal with these two.

Just to give you an idea how I handle a flock with two roosters, I have nineteen hens, and a three-year old rooster and a one-year old cockerel just at the end of working through the chaos of his hormonal surges. They happen to be father and son, not equals in chicken society. Yet the daddy roo needs to confront the behavior of his son from time to time, and the two can have impressive face-offs, with the younger always backing down.

My two have somehow managed to divide up the hens and when out free-ranging, one has his group and the other has his bunch of hens they each watch over. Years back, I had two rooster brooded as chicks together. They were equals so they developed a violent attitude toward each other they never worked out. I had to keep them separate or they'd draw blood every time they fought, which was all the time. I had approximately the same number of hens as I do now, so that wasn't their problem.

Having more than one rooster is almost always going to invite problems. You'll be extremely lucky if they end up getting along.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Males are going to spar,it’s when they start ripping and twisting,flogging their heads and causing lots of blood shed is when it becomes a problem.Your going to need more girls likely,and on top of that,not all males get along.Uou have soem fairly easy going breeds so you may end up not having issues.Have had two males grow in the same cage together and wake up one morning and decide to kill each other.

You should definitely get older hens,they will not only keep the peace likely,but teach the males proper way of running things.But that’s not entirely true,a six month old rooster can be quite over powering.

Ten or so more hens might help.

 

[Greene55]

Thanks for the inputs you are all very helpful! I wish to show more pics of the coop area so u see I have multiple roost an areas there is also another roost made in far left corner.. some upgrades are not in the pics like the green umbrella was added .. is it cluttered enough?

 

[Greene55]

Sorry took more when I came home, I JUS LOVE MY CHICKYS

 

[sourland]

Given more space and more hens, it might work, but with your present set up it is very unlikely that it will be possible to keep both.