Roosters targeting a single hen

[marcaddeo]

If the roosters are still under a year, I'd worry about the day they decide they hate each other. For mine, that day came when they were about 10 months. They'd been breeding a while, so I thought they were mature, had sorted out their pecking order, and I had 2 roosters who got a long. Not.

I had to separate them, which meant one lived in a hastily converted shed for the couple weeks it took to rehome him.

Are they attacking the hen, or overbreeding her? Mine seems to have a flavor of the month, who ends up with bare shoulders. Chicken saddle?

Yeah that is definitely something I'll need to keep an eye out for if they start hating each other... They're about 6 months old now, so I guess I'll maybe have that coming in the coming months lol. Fingers crossed that they don't do that :x or hopefully they'll be too distracted with 30 hens to hate each other. But sounds like I might have _another_ problem to deal with in the future Thanks for the heads up.

As far as the targeted hen, it seems like a combination of breeding/attacking. Surprisingly her feathers really aren't in too bad of condition, so that makes me think it's moreso breeding. She's a quick girl, so they don't always catch her haha.

 

[wf1992]

Yeah that is definitely something I'll need to keep an eye out for if they start hating each other... They're about 6 months old now, so I guess I'll maybe have that coming in the coming months lol. Fingers crossed that they don't do that :x or hopefully they'll be too distracted with 30 hens to hate each other. But sounds like I might have _another_ problem to deal with in the future Thanks for the heads up.

As far as the targeted hen, it seems like a combination of breeding/attacking. Surprisingly her feathers really aren't in too bad of condition, so that makes me think it's moreso breeding. She's a quick girl, so they don't always catch her haha.

I think if it's not that hen, it'll be another, as the roosters compete with each other. If you have the space, you might consider housing 2 of the roosters separately until you have enough pullets to keep everybody happy. Good luck!

 

[Artichoke Lover]

I think if it's not that hen, it'll be another, as the roosters compete with each other. If you have the space, you might consider housing 2 of the roosters separately until you have enough pullets to keep everybody happy. Good luck!

2x

 

[LaFleche]

Just choose the one the hens like best as they will have to live and put up with and get rid of the others.

If you keep procrastinating, you might end up with even severely injured birds.

 

[marcaddeo]

I think if it's not that hen, it'll be another, as the roosters compete with each other. If you have the space, you might consider housing 2 of the roosters separately until you have enough pullets to keep everybody happy. Good luck!

That's a good suggestion. I may have to see if I can set up a second area for two of them for the time being until the other pullets get introduced to the flock.

Thanks for the constructive feedback.