Altairsky
Songster
The rooster has to go. He will eventually kill your hens.
You either separate him for a few months until his hormones calm down, in the meantime get at least 3 more hens for him.
1 rooster with 2 hens might work if the rooster is a true gentleman which is not really your case.
Keep in mind that he might just be a rotten rooster, and he might be still aggressive to the hens even if you wait for the hormones to calm down and add more hens to the flock.
Remember that the only purpose of keeping a rooster is to make fertile eggs to sell and/or hatch. If you're not planning to hatch your own eggs, a rooster is pretty much useless.
If you can't keep more birds in your setup, you need to get rid of the rooster. It doesn't matter if you love him. It's not you that has to love the rooster. It's the hens that has to love him, and if he's mean to them I'm pretty sure they'll be much happier without him.
You either separate him for a few months until his hormones calm down, in the meantime get at least 3 more hens for him.
1 rooster with 2 hens might work if the rooster is a true gentleman which is not really your case.
Keep in mind that he might just be a rotten rooster, and he might be still aggressive to the hens even if you wait for the hormones to calm down and add more hens to the flock.
Remember that the only purpose of keeping a rooster is to make fertile eggs to sell and/or hatch. If you're not planning to hatch your own eggs, a rooster is pretty much useless.
If you can't keep more birds in your setup, you need to get rid of the rooster. It doesn't matter if you love him. It's not you that has to love the rooster. It's the hens that has to love him, and if he's mean to them I'm pretty sure they'll be much happier without him.
