Breeskies1
Hatching
- Jul 21, 2020
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Hi there,
I currently have a happy flock with two roosters and about 30 hens (and 20 more on the way) . I am trying to integrate two more roosters into my flock (I have a big 5acre lot with lots of room for these babies). Well I kept my two new guys in a large dog kennel to start the integration process (I raised them in a separate pen as I was going to be processing them). After about a week and a half I let out one of the rooster and of course there was a fight between one of my existing boys (ayam cemani) and the new one (blue splash lavender Ameracauna). I separated them again when it seemed like the fight wasn’t going to stop and my ayam cemani had a few crow wounds. I figured I would wait a bit longer and try again. Now, my lavender Orpington is beating up my ayam cemani when previously they were getting a long great. I came out this morning to blood in the coop (from crow wounds) and a terrified cemani. Do you guys have any suggestions on how to get the integration to go smoother and any explanation as to why the two who lived in harmony over the last year are now fighting? Dave, my lavender Orpington is the most mellow of all male birds I’ve ever had, I hold him all the time and am shocked he’s being so mean to my cemani. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am really attached to those two boys and don’t want there to be any issues in the flock.
I currently have a happy flock with two roosters and about 30 hens (and 20 more on the way) . I am trying to integrate two more roosters into my flock (I have a big 5acre lot with lots of room for these babies). Well I kept my two new guys in a large dog kennel to start the integration process (I raised them in a separate pen as I was going to be processing them). After about a week and a half I let out one of the rooster and of course there was a fight between one of my existing boys (ayam cemani) and the new one (blue splash lavender Ameracauna). I separated them again when it seemed like the fight wasn’t going to stop and my ayam cemani had a few crow wounds. I figured I would wait a bit longer and try again. Now, my lavender Orpington is beating up my ayam cemani when previously they were getting a long great. I came out this morning to blood in the coop (from crow wounds) and a terrified cemani. Do you guys have any suggestions on how to get the integration to go smoother and any explanation as to why the two who lived in harmony over the last year are now fighting? Dave, my lavender Orpington is the most mellow of all male birds I’ve ever had, I hold him all the time and am shocked he’s being so mean to my cemani. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am really attached to those two boys and don’t want there to be any issues in the flock.