Chicknbootz
In the Brooder
HELP!!!
So the background story is, we have 8 ducks, 28 chickens... 2 being roosters. Well one rooster is a little older than the other, and he runs the show. He guards the pullets and is very protective, I LOVE IT!
Well... my other cockerel is getting older and definitely maturing and is trying to rule/control the ducks. He never leaves their sides and is terrorizing them constantly. He won't let them in their kiddy pool or anything, has them running away from him constantly, and a couple of times the ducks get separated and I hate it because it takes them a while to find each other again. I do everything I can to stop it when I see him going for them, but that's pretty much worthless. He's also kind of a jerk to my younger pullets. I think I get what he's trying to accomplish but the ducks are stressed and he's driving me crazy.
Suggestions? Advice?
Side note, I also think he is trying to mate them? But he mostly does it to the drake so it's really REALLY not happening.
Ugh!
So the background story is, we have 8 ducks, 28 chickens... 2 being roosters. Well one rooster is a little older than the other, and he runs the show. He guards the pullets and is very protective, I LOVE IT!
Well... my other cockerel is getting older and definitely maturing and is trying to rule/control the ducks. He never leaves their sides and is terrorizing them constantly. He won't let them in their kiddy pool or anything, has them running away from him constantly, and a couple of times the ducks get separated and I hate it because it takes them a while to find each other again. I do everything I can to stop it when I see him going for them, but that's pretty much worthless. He's also kind of a jerk to my younger pullets. I think I get what he's trying to accomplish but the ducks are stressed and he's driving me crazy.
Suggestions? Advice?
Side note, I also think he is trying to mate them? But he mostly does it to the drake so it's really REALLY not happening.
Ugh!