blackfishfin
Chirping
- May 16, 2019
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So, we have 4 roosters and two hens. The store promised a 96% pullet guarantee, but I guess not. Tractor Supply needs to recheck its numbers. So, I love these boys more than anything in the world. Their names are Molasses, Storm, Bucky, and Lily. All four of them are having some problems.
Molasses and Storm:
These guys are fighting really bad. There's blood. We put some blue coat on their wounds and a little bit of Vaseline. They have just started to crow, so they're really hormonal and protective. Storm is a wonderful rooster. Fire, one of the hens, gets separated from the flock a lot and makes those little freaked out chirps whenever she can't find the group. Storm rushes over there to assist her and always brings her back. Storm is really protective. He's a very, very small chicken. Like he's a third of the size of a normal hen, but still attacks our dogs if they get too close or bother the flock. Storm is definitely at the top of the pecking order. Recently, Molasses has been trying to take over. He doesn't help any of the chickens or warn them when food/danger is near but is obsessed with attacking Storm. Storm, of course, fights back. The fights aren't too bad, but they happen a lot and all of the Guineas start freaking out and trying to stop them. I can always put these fights to an end by just putting my hand between them. They won't attack me and are literally too small to step over my hand without flapping their wings. The fighting happens really bad at night. I think that they're fighting over the hens right now, but they aren't old enough to breed just yet. They have all the food and water that they need. Whenever I separate them, they "taunt" each other through my hand or the fence by making angry clucking noises. Any advice?
Bucky:
Right now, this little man is obsessed with the female guineas. He's not trying to pull anything with Ang or Fire, our hens, but he is wanting to get it on with the guinea fowl for some reason. The guinea fowl don't seem to care and just knock him off because he's half their size, but you can visibly see how frustrated he is getting. He is getting rougher with them each time. How can I help?
Lily:
Lily was the runt of the group and the target of the bullying whenever we first got him. Lily and Bucky used to be best friends and Bucky would sit on top of him whenever Lily needed a place to get away from the rest of the flock. It was honestly the cutest thing! As they got older, their relationship faded and Lily ended up isolating himself from the rest of the flock. He's really antisocial. The guineas and chickens aren't doing anything to keep him away or teasing him anymore, but he just wants to be alone. Is this normal behavior?
That's all the problems we have with our flock right now. We're just waiting until we can get some hens or lose some roosters to even out the flock. What a mess.
Molasses and Storm:
These guys are fighting really bad. There's blood. We put some blue coat on their wounds and a little bit of Vaseline. They have just started to crow, so they're really hormonal and protective. Storm is a wonderful rooster. Fire, one of the hens, gets separated from the flock a lot and makes those little freaked out chirps whenever she can't find the group. Storm rushes over there to assist her and always brings her back. Storm is really protective. He's a very, very small chicken. Like he's a third of the size of a normal hen, but still attacks our dogs if they get too close or bother the flock. Storm is definitely at the top of the pecking order. Recently, Molasses has been trying to take over. He doesn't help any of the chickens or warn them when food/danger is near but is obsessed with attacking Storm. Storm, of course, fights back. The fights aren't too bad, but they happen a lot and all of the Guineas start freaking out and trying to stop them. I can always put these fights to an end by just putting my hand between them. They won't attack me and are literally too small to step over my hand without flapping their wings. The fighting happens really bad at night. I think that they're fighting over the hens right now, but they aren't old enough to breed just yet. They have all the food and water that they need. Whenever I separate them, they "taunt" each other through my hand or the fence by making angry clucking noises. Any advice?
Bucky:
Right now, this little man is obsessed with the female guineas. He's not trying to pull anything with Ang or Fire, our hens, but he is wanting to get it on with the guinea fowl for some reason. The guinea fowl don't seem to care and just knock him off because he's half their size, but you can visibly see how frustrated he is getting. He is getting rougher with them each time. How can I help?
Lily:
Lily was the runt of the group and the target of the bullying whenever we first got him. Lily and Bucky used to be best friends and Bucky would sit on top of him whenever Lily needed a place to get away from the rest of the flock. It was honestly the cutest thing! As they got older, their relationship faded and Lily ended up isolating himself from the rest of the flock. He's really antisocial. The guineas and chickens aren't doing anything to keep him away or teasing him anymore, but he just wants to be alone. Is this normal behavior?
That's all the problems we have with our flock right now. We're just waiting until we can get some hens or lose some roosters to even out the flock. What a mess.
