Rooster Brawl

[marcus connor]

It is hard to give away the ones you have raised yourself. I got rid of 5 cockerels recently and I was very attached to them. I was lucky enough to be able to find them good homes where they would be looked after well, and that made it a little easier to re-home them - knowing they were going to a good place.

I was wondering - how many hens do you have? Or do you just have the two roosters? If you got yourself 20 hens you might be able to keep them both!

I look forward to hearing how you get on and wish you all the best,

Krista

19,11 rir, 4 mix breeds and 2 black frizzles then 2 roosters they do knot know that there are plenty women to go around. (rolf)

 

[marcus connor]

NO!

NO! what?

 

[krista74]

19 - 11 rir, 4 mix breeds and 2 black frizzles then 2 roosters they do knot know that there are plenty women to go around. (rolf)

So you have 19 hens and 2 roosters? Those are pretty good numbers! I'm so glad I asked that question.

I'm not an expert by any means, but I really think that there should be a way you can manage this situation so that you can keep both of your roosters.

Under normal conditions, the fact that you have so many hens improves the situation immensely in my opinion. That being said, I know NOTHING about game birds, and perhaps they are different from your regular, garden variety chickens?

I really hope that @Centrarchid comes back to this thread - this member gives fantastic advice about managing roosters and their behaviour.

You have plenty of hens to go around, and I'm quietly wondering if perhaps there might be a way to separate them into two smaller flocks with a rooster in each, or something similar?

I will wait and watch, and hopefully @centrarchid chimes in with some advice for you on how to proceed.

Good luck!

- Krista

 

[marcus connor]

So you have 19 hens and 2 roosters? Those are pretty good numbers! I'm so glad I asked that question.

I'm not an expert by any means, but I really think that there should be a way you can manage this situation so that you can keep both of your roosters.

Under normal conditions, the fact that you have so many hens improves the situation immensely in my opinion. That being said, I know NOTHING about game birds, and perhaps they are different from your regular, garden variety chickens?

I really hope that @Centrarchid comes back to this thread - this member gives fantastic advice about managing roosters and their behaviour.

You have plenty of hens to go around, and I'm quietly wondering if perhaps there might be a way to separate them into two smaller flocks with a rooster in each, or something similar?

I will wait and watch, and hopefully @centrarchid chimes in with some advice for you on how to proceed.

Good luck!

- Krista


My idea is, that every 2 days i coop one up and let one out. Whats your opoinion

 

[krista74]

I'm far from being an expert on the subject of roosters, but I don't see how separating them can be a bad thing. They won't be able to hurt each other if they are kept relatively separate from each other.

As long as the one which is kept confined has room to move around, and free access to feed and water etc, it should be fine.

I'm really hoping some more people chime in with some suggestions for you. As I said, I really have little experience in this area so I don't want to give you the wrong advice. Still, the more ideas we toss about the better off we will be I guess! We all live and learn.

I'm interested (and I know this is a little off topic) but how do your roosters get along with the hens? Are they rough with them or fairly well behaved?

- Krista

 

[jldward]

We have games & once they reach a certain age, they have to be kept separately. All of our roosters that are of age stay penned or on tie cords. Nothing wrong with penning one or both up. It is your choice but if you wait, you may way too late. You seem to care about them, which is great, so surely you don't want either to suffer, which will happen if they're left loose, to fight. You're doing way more good than harm by putting at least one of them in a pen.

 

[krista74]

We have games & once they reach a certain age, they have to be kept separately. All of our roosters that are of age stay penned or on tie cords. Nothing wrong with penning one or both up. It is your choice but if you wait, you may way too late. You seem to care about them, which is great, so surely you don't want either to suffer, which will happen if they're left loose, to fight. You're doing way more good than harm by putting at least one of them in a pen.

Ah, I had wondered if there might be a difference between game and 'regular' roosters.

So perhaps keeping one penned up at all times (or even both penned up separately) might be a good idea then.

Thanks @jldward . I am learning something new every day!

- Krista

 

[marcus connor]

I'm far from being an expert on the subject of roosters, but I don't see how separating them can be a bad thing. They won't be able to hurt each other if they are kept relatively separate from each other.

As long as the one which is kept confined has room to move around, and free access to feed and water etc, it should be fine.

I'm really hoping some more people chime in with some suggestions for you. As I said, I really have little experience in this area so I don't want to give you the wrong advice. Still, the more ideas we toss about the better off we will be I guess! We all live and learn.

I'm interested (and I know this is a little off topic) but how do your roosters get along with the hens? Are they rough with them or fairly well behaved?

- Krista

Well i never see Big Red be rough or mate at all with the hens, Rocky when he gets the chance he will case them down, and if Big Red see this and can get to him he pecks him off.

 

[marcus connor]

We have games & once they reach a certain age, they have to be kept separately. All of our roosters that are of age stay penned or on tie cords. Nothing wrong with penning one or both up. It is your choice but if you wait, you may way too late. You seem to care about them, which is great, so surely you don't want either to suffer, which will happen if they're left loose, to fight. You're doing way more good than harm by putting at least one of them in a pen.

I was going to switch them out every 2 days, and be humane and not let them fight.

 

[jldward]

I was going to switch them out every 2 days, and be humane and not let them fight.

That's good, everyone wins