I have one rooster and seven hens. They were hatched and raised in the same multi rooster group and have been with me for six months as a group. It's been a lovefest until 3 days ago. I LOVE the rooster, who is RIR/Americauna and has always been very gentle and terrific at watching for hawks (a problem here in rural San Diego County). He's about a year and a half old. He has taken a sudden aversion to one hen, the only RIR in the group. For the last three days he leaps at her and on her and pecks her, to the point where she is now hanging out on the woodpile and wouldn't even go in the coop last night. She's normally one of the more outgoing hens. They're in a big fenced area, 50 by 150 feet. Should I isolate him? Isolate her in her own fenced area? Get a squirt gun like you do with a dog?
Thank you in advance for any help.
Thank you in advance for any help.