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RubyNala97 said:
He's adorable! I totally agree that the smaller the hatch, the more friendly the chicks. My first hatch was only a half dozen eggs. 2 hatched. A pair and they are the sweetest chickens I have. I love that. That's the one nice thing about the mini. Smaller hatches make great pets, I think. Yes!..I plan on candling tonight. I wasn't going to mark air cells until lockdown. But If I still have detached air cells I am going to trace them, so that hopefully on day 12 they will be solid and I can monitor improvement. This is the first batch that I have left eggs completely unturned/un-tilted for a full 7 days. I'm maintaining a consistent 40% humidity~dry and temps have been totally stable at 100f. How about you? How many did you set again? I'm really curious to see how your hatch turns out with lower humidity.
I must have multi-quoted the wrong post. I was going to reply to your dilemma with the 2 Roos. That's a tough situation. Is there anyway to keep both? Separate pens, until you could breed the pretty one for a season? I, personally wouldn't tolerate a bully with my chickens. I've heard it so many times and it makes sense: there are too many nice Roos out there that need homes, that it's not worth keeping a mean one. That stinks to be in your situation. I am planning on trying to keep two males, also. But we'll see how it turns out. I know you'll make the best decision.
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At this point, I have no way to seperate him out and have him have both housing and a run without redoing everything and unsettling the rest of them. He's not a mean roo in general...just apparently to other roos.

Oh and the Black Jap Bantam that I thought was a boy....is either a girl or I have a very confused roo, cause he's been on her.
 
rossfam06 said:
Okay I can see that. I always thought to make myself alpha so he would not attack me. Ruby....he us not even mating yet. He will ne 20 weeks tomorrow and the girls in there with him are not squatting yet but he is of mating age.
We held him all the time as a baby and a youngin. So I am not sure where this aggression came from. But I did manage to catch him with out attacking me, hold with his wings tucked, stroke his wattles anD talk to him in a calm voice and hand feed him a grape. (No bananas at this moment). It took him a minute and he ate it all. And I even gave him kisses. Lol!! We shall see in a week. I wonder if my girls should do the same.
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My NN that became aggressive was hatched and housed inside for the winter often being handled and having time running around with us and he still became aggressive once he hit puberty and the girls started laying. It's my understanding that it's the disposition of the bird and not neccessarily the handling. (Of course an animal being treated bad is inclined to be more aggressive, but you can treat them well and still get aggression.)
 
AmyLynn2374 said:
Ok, I've been joking about my roo's sexuality, but now it's not so funny..... lol  I need to get pics. The banty's comb and wattles are much bigger than the other, but the tail feathers are girlish, no roo tail feathers.
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He stops when they look more adult and start crowing, but before then he will hold them down. Like I said, I don't know if he thinks they're hens or if it's a show of dominance. That's why I'm glad I learned to :smack
 
scflock said:
He stops when they look more adult and start crowing, but before then he will hold them down. Like I said, I don't know if he thinks they're hens or if it's a show of dominance. That's why I'm glad I learned to :smack
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I was wondering about this! Down at my neighbors, his Roos will try to mate the younger chickens. I asked him if that meant that the younger ones are girls and he wasn't sure. So the males will try to mate young girls or boys??
 

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