Rooster ostracized by entire flock??

[Avogadro]

I have a strange situation.. It would appear that my entire flock turned on my alpha rooster (Mark Cluckerberg), dethroned him, and banished him. I missed the coup itself but arrived on the scene shortly thereafter. Mark wasn't bloodied or beaten, his nice tail plumage looked a little worse for wear, but he wasn't visibly injured anywhere and now he avoids the entire flock. He lingers on the outskirts of the main foraging area, quickly grabbing food when everyone else moves to a different area, then darting back into the thicket. There aren't any chickens that are singling him out and he doesn't seem to be avoiding a particular chicken.. When he's gone in the coop at night nobody attacks him or even challenges him, its like they all agreed to pretend he doesn't exist or something. The other roosters have happily lived with him for over a year now with a solid pecking order that seemed to be working really rather well, they would seemingly take shifts for guard duty and work as a team if a threat was detected.

Has anyone ever seen something like this?? I feel awful for my poor rooster, just living in the shadows.. he won't even hang out with his favorite ladies.

 

[BlueBaby]

Like you said, he has been dethroned. There is now a new king of the coop and has the breeding privilege's.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

Yup, most likely a different rooster has beat him up and taken the throne.

 

[Reneefolsom]

I read on here someone did this. So I tried it and it solve the problem. I had a extra area I made just for him and few ladies,small run, and smaller coop. Took little while but all is good now.

 

[Avogadro]

Thanks for the responses, everyone!

After reading your comments I did an observation session with the flock and you were all correct; my rooster, Khufu, who was second in command is now the leader. That's politics for you, I suppose.