I have three roosters. The oldest, and until recently, the "top roo", is my almost 2 year old silkie named Roovie. He is (was) meaner than mean. I took to wearing boots when I went in the run because he would always attack my feet, mostly as I was leaving. My second oldest is a blue silkie named Lavy who has a tiny black silkie girlfriend he hangs out with. He is about 1 yr old and he is very sweet and a bit goofy. He is easily spooked and will jump straight up in the air and then run for cover. My youngest is Tuly, he is the son of Roovie and his girlfriend Daisy. Tuly was hatched on July 9 last year, and is my very sweet boy.
Roovie has never paid any mind to the other roosters. He has never had to, he was the KING of the chickens. I have 9 hens and he got with at least 4 that I have seen. But the last few days I have noticed that, where he used to be the first one out of the coop in the morning, he is now the last one out, with his girl Daisy. He used to "stalk" me around the yard when I tossed the scratch and then charge after me as I started to leave. Now, he runs to the back of the yard with Daisy, away from the other chickens (and me). He is also crowing less. It isn't obvious (to me) which of the other two roo's has taken his place. Lavy is such a dork and I haven't seen him successfully mount any hens (he is very clumsy), but he sure tries to impress them. Tuly is definitely the studly teen right now. He jumps onto anything high he can find and crows all day, dancing for the girls when he can. I have seen Lavy chasing Tuly but there has never been any fighting. The hens don't seem to think much of any of the roosters. In fact, there are at least 3 hens that think I am their rooster. I am just confused about this. He isn't acting sick, but he sure isn't acting normal. Is it possible the evil Roovie has been brought down? Is it possible the nice roosters have taken over? Any ideas about what is going on here?
Roovie has never paid any mind to the other roosters. He has never had to, he was the KING of the chickens. I have 9 hens and he got with at least 4 that I have seen. But the last few days I have noticed that, where he used to be the first one out of the coop in the morning, he is now the last one out, with his girl Daisy. He used to "stalk" me around the yard when I tossed the scratch and then charge after me as I started to leave. Now, he runs to the back of the yard with Daisy, away from the other chickens (and me). He is also crowing less. It isn't obvious (to me) which of the other two roo's has taken his place. Lavy is such a dork and I haven't seen him successfully mount any hens (he is very clumsy), but he sure tries to impress them. Tuly is definitely the studly teen right now. He jumps onto anything high he can find and crows all day, dancing for the girls when he can. I have seen Lavy chasing Tuly but there has never been any fighting. The hens don't seem to think much of any of the roosters. In fact, there are at least 3 hens that think I am their rooster. I am just confused about this. He isn't acting sick, but he sure isn't acting normal. Is it possible the evil Roovie has been brought down? Is it possible the nice roosters have taken over? Any ideas about what is going on here?
