Should I be concerned about my rooster?

[trentoldenburg]

I have a flock of 7 (2 roosters and 5 hens), 2 of the hens I introduced recently and one of them hurt a younger hen I originally had. So I separated the injured hen for 3 or 4 days. I brought her back and now the roosters will not leave her alone. They keep chasing after her and the dominant one is grabbing her by the neck to try and bring her to the ground. I imagine that he is trying to establish dominance, but she is raises all kinds of hell when it happens and acts like she's being hurt. Even though he has never drew blood. Is this something I need to worry about? These roosters we're also raised with the hen as chicks

 

[rjohns39]

He's trying to mate her and she's not ready. 2 roos to five hens is going to be a problem. 1 roo to 10 hens is a good mix. Typical mating behavior is for the roo to mount the hen and grab her by the neck signaling her to raise up to support the action. young hens aren't ready for such things.

 

[rjohns39]

The issue isn't the roos, it's how they mate the hens. too many roos will overmate hens.

 

[Chickassan]

You've got at least one too many roosters and hatchmate roosters usually cause the most trouble unless you've got older hens or an established rooster to put them in their place. So short answer yes you should be concerned two young roos could hurt your hen.

 

[trentoldenburg]

Dang that's what I was afraid of. Now I'm gonna have to decide which one to part with. They are both so nice, one is literally sitting on my lap as I'm typing this lol. Thanks for the feedback everyone, much appreciated

 

[Hope Hughes]

It was hard for me too but I picked the one the gens always flocked to and had the best trates for the girls. He is so protective over them and they always ran to him for anything or to get away from the other roo. I had 3 that grew grew up with my hens. All from different hatched. 2 had to go. Glad we picked "Marlin" to stay he is stuch a good roo to the girls. Had good hatches from him too.

 

[rjohns39]

Well we're known as enablers. Keep the roos and get more hens.

 

[bobbi-j]

How old are your chickens?

 

[Hope Hughes]

I agree you have 1 to many roos. I typically only have 1 full size roo for my flock and 1 bantam. I have a mix flock of bannies and regular size. About 20something chickens total. Its funny to see the bannie try to mount the big gens, doesn't always work out for him lol.

 

[trentoldenburg]

Alright thanks for the replies everyone. My 2 roosters and 2 younger hens are 4 months old and I have one hen that is 1-1.5 years old as well as another hen that I do not know the age of. I suspect she is older. Would the two older hens keep the roosters in check? And correct me if I am wrong, but I read that 2 roosters that we're raised together have a good chance of living in peace as long as dominance is established early on. And one is clearly more dominant than the other. I appreciate the feedback