I hope this is the right place to post this...I have 20 chickens...Most are hens...I have 4 roos. A Barneveldor Roo and 3 silki roos (we were hoping for hens)...anyhoo...they were hatched last June and have lived and cohabited together all this time with no issues...The Hens have been laying about 4 weeks and of course the roos have started getting frisky. There has been a definite pecking order with one of my silkie Roo's Jack being at the top, then the barneveldor Rolo after him and then the other two roos. I got back this mornign from running out for groceries and someone had attacked Jack...I watched them all for about 3 hours this afternoon. Jack mostly hides in the corner trembling now...runs away from my Brahma girls..but I've seen no interaction from the other roo's towards him...Could it be hens that did this?
I have seperated Jack into a carrier and will keep him in the house until he heals...they pecked most of the feathers from his face and around his lobes..poor guy...it just makes me heart sick..he is my baby...he did finally start to crow about an hour after I seperated him. but he also acts exausted...any ideas advice are greatly appreciated...I don't want this to keep happeneing...oh, I did put our little silkie hen in with him when I first seperated them and even she started pecking the back of his neck...realize that this girl Luna is at the very bottom of the pecking order in the coop. I just don't understand how Jack went from being top dog to the bottom of the pile in one morning...Please help!
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I have seperated Jack into a carrier and will keep him in the house until he heals...they pecked most of the feathers from his face and around his lobes..poor guy...it just makes me heart sick..he is my baby...he did finally start to crow about an hour after I seperated him. but he also acts exausted...any ideas advice are greatly appreciated...I don't want this to keep happeneing...oh, I did put our little silkie hen in with him when I first seperated them and even she started pecking the back of his neck...realize that this girl Luna is at the very bottom of the pecking order in the coop. I just don't understand how Jack went from being top dog to the bottom of the pile in one morning...Please help!
Thanks