Roos always mate the same hen back to back

[angc11]

My rooster watched his brother get taken away in a cage and tried to flog me later the same day.They used to roost side by side and were inseparable.They shared the same hens until I separated them and gave them all to this ungrateful guy. Now that my broody hen has hatched chicks I can finally replace him too. I feel exactly like you.

Roosters can be such pains haha!!

 

[angc11]

I had two roos, or at least a rooster and his cockerel son, for a while. And they seemed to have an accord. The senior could not manage all 20+ hens so Junior was slowly seducing some away, gradually building a small flock of his own. Senior did not seem to mind and they roosted every night side by side. I did not see overt contention between them until one day I did but nothing too serious, just neck flaring and a bit of jumping at each other, but it didn't last. It seemed more ritualistic than serious so I wsn't too concerned about it. But the next morning when I came out, Junior was lying there dead. I guess Senior'd had enough of that young upstart. Senior was the one that later flogged me so for a while we had no rooster.

Yeah...I have a feeling this will be the outcome of my roosters. That's a crazy story though, I can't believe they got along right until the last day! Mine have been fighting more and more so I've been mentally preparing for one killing the other.

Owning roosters is not for the faint of heart