Rooster not adjusting to new flock - lost weight

[Efe]

Hello,
I had a 3-month-old rooster. We got him when he was a chick and he always grew up alone, without any other chickens or roosters, inside the house. I don't have a garden or a place where he can live comfortably, so I gave him a week ago to someone who has a garden with many chickens and two roosters. However, he hasn't adjusted there yet.
When I visited today, a week later, I noticed a small wound on his comb and he had lost some weight. The person is keeping him separate from most of the group of chickens, but I think he's still nervous around the other chickens, which may be why he's eating less.

What do you think I should do? Should I take him back and keep him inside the house? Will the flock accept him? Will he adjust there?

 

[nuthatched]

He has no idea what those other things are, in a new environment and he's scared out of his mind.
He's needs a very slow introduction, it will take some time but he'll catch on.

 

[Efe]

He has no idea what those other things are, in a new environment and he's scared out of his mind.
He's needs a very slow introduction, it will take some time but he'll catch on.

Do you think it's okay for him to stay there? Will the flock accept him? I'm worried about his weight loss could that be dangerous? How long does it take for the flock and the bird to settle in?

 

[Yardmom]

Since he went to a flock with other roosters it may take many months for him to fully integrate with the other flock.
In my mind there are at least two reasons to leave him where he is.
First and foremost you gave him away. He is no longer yours and you have passed the decisions of how to care for him to the new owner. Second the place you have for him to live has not changed.

 

[nuthatched]

Do you think it's okay for him to stay there? Will the flock accept him? I'm worried about his weight loss could that be dangerous? How long does it take for the flock and the bird to settle in?

He'll adapt, it'll just take time. As long as he has access to food , he'll be fine.
He needs to stay there.

 

[Eggcessive]

I never add a young cockerel to a flock with 2 grown roosters. I figure they could kill him. Since he has been raised alone, even the other hens will attack him until he is mature. You could try keeping him crated until he is bigger, but he might get beaten or killed. I have raised some baby cockerels in a flock with one rooster, and when they start to mature and challenge the rooster, they will either decide to be submissive to the rooster, or they will fight. And with 2 roos, they may gang up.