Rooster being excluded

[MotherHen75]

We have a flock of 10 chickens, we recently found out our black Cochin is a rooster along with our bantam and road island red. So three roosters and 7 hens. Our bantam and Cochin got in a fight, our bantam won. Now the flock leaves him alone, is it possible to include him in the flock again?

 

[chickens really]

Well I'm thinking you need to pick one Rooster and get rid of two.

 

[casportpony]

We have a flock of 10 chickens, we recently found out our black Cochin is a rooster along with our bantam and road island red. So three roosters and 7 hens. Our bantam and Cochin got in a fight, our bantam won. Now the flock leaves him alone, is it possible to include him in the flock again?

Welcome to BYC! It's possible that your roosters will figure out how to coexist with each other, but they might not.

 

[MotherHen75]

Our Cochin reggy has been trying to ‘gain acess’ I guess to the flock, fighting with our bantam Gunther. I’m hoping reggy will win, our road island red is as harmless as can be. He acts like a hen, hasn’t even crowed yet. To stop the bickering we’re lookin for guinea fowl, but reggy at the moment is still left alone.

 

[casportpony]

Our Cochin reggy has been trying to ‘gain acess’ I guess to the flock, fighting with our bantam Gunther. I’m hoping reggy will win, our road island red is as harmless as can be. He acts like a hen, hasn’t even crowed yet. To stop the bickering we’re lookin for guinea fowl, but reggy at the moment is still left alone.

My RIR roo is the same way! The majority of my roosters get along and don't fight, but every now and then I'll get one that fights with everything. When I get one like that I sell it to someone that's gonna eat it.

 

[JedJackson]

Our Cochin reggy has been trying to ‘gain acess’ I guess to the flock, fighting with our bantam Gunther. I’m hoping reggy will win, our road island red is as harmless as can be. He acts like a hen, hasn’t even crowed yet. To stop the bickering we’re lookin for guinea fowl, but reggy at the moment is still left alone.

Guinea fowl won't stop chickens bickering, and often don't get along with chickens unless they've been raised with them. I agree with the above poster who said you'd be best off just picking one of the boys, and re-homing the others. Less fighting, lower feed bill, and your hens won't be as likely to suffer from over-mating.

But if you want to keep all three, I don't think the Cochin is likely to beat the bantam and take over as head rooster, but he may learn to get along in the flock. Or he might not. Just watch and see how it goes and make decisions based of flock behavior.

 

[sourland]

Guinea fowl will add another level to the problem. Eventually the RIR will mature and then both other roosters are in trouble.

 

[casportpony]

Guinea fowl will add another level to the problem. Eventually the RIR will mature and then both other roosters are in trouble.

I agree about the Guineas.

 

[casportpony]

Just watch and see how it goes and make decisions based of flock behavior.

This is what I do.

 

[chickens really]

Our Cochin reggy has been trying to ‘gain acess’ I guess to the flock, fighting with our bantam Gunther. I’m hoping reggy will win, our road island red is as harmless as can be. He acts like a hen, hasn’t even crowed yet. To stop the bickering we’re lookin for guinea fowl, but reggy at the moment is still left alone.

You have Cockerels not Roosters so as they mature and hormones are high things can quickly get out of hand in minutes.