Roosters at 2 weeks old already fighting.

[Jetlander]

My Silver Laced Wyandotte roosters are already starting to fight. They will be 2 weeks old on Sat. Any suggestions? Had to cull one today as he had a real nasty eye injury.

 

[Grant6411]

oh they will do that all through there life. dont worry. mine have fought from babys to 4 months and they are fine. just dominance showing. btw

 

[speckledhen]

Are you sure they're roosters? Both sexes spar at that age. Never saw any two week old chicks actually fight, certainly not to the point of injury.

 

[lisahaschickens]

I agree. Mine started at less than two weeks of age and the girls participated some too... and they're almost 5 weeks now and they still do it some, but it's never serious. Nothing even close to injury. I would say it's very normal behavior. They want to establish a pecking order.

 

[Jetlander]

Definately roosters, the hatchery marked the hens for me with red dye on their heads. As the dye wears off I remark with food coloring. I'm going to seperate the hens so I don't lose any. The 30 roosters are just for meat.

 

[lisahaschickens]

I absolutely can't imagine that baby roos would kill each other or baby hens. What breed are they?

 

[Jetlander]

They are Silver Laced Wyandottes. Both sexes do a little squabbling, but the roos are definately more aggressive. I expect some pecking order to happen, but to the point of injury surprised me. Hopefully, it was an isolated incident and no more will get wounded.