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[sdm111]

Yes they need to be separated it's just gonna get worse and worse. They're fighting chickens they fight. It's what they do they're not going to coexist in one big happy flock like layers. With all due respect once again people need to do their homework if they want to raise these. They take a lot of time, money, and MANAGEMENT.

 

[centrarchid]

gvyt6

My babies are two months old and I have 5 roos that are fighting to the point that they are making each other bleed on there feet and one around his eyes. I think they are to young for this arent they. I am to the point I may have to separate them but I keep thinking they may stop on there own after all they are only two months old.

You have to watch that business as it often results in a loss of cockerels. I lost 2 that were not quite four weeks old to it yesterday. Treat wounds with bluecoat.

So you can verify we are talking the same thing by looking at the following videos.

To suppress I like to keep broods in the company of a cock. I do not know how it works because cock does not appear to discipline them. They simply never start fighting. I generally do not separate stags until they are nearly into adult feather. In the rare instances I have been around to manipulate combatants, I have been able to get them out of battle royal mode by tossing them into water repeatedly. Hypothermia and exhaustion suppresses the fighting urge. Fighting urge seems to be periodic where they do it at weaning, again when transitioning from juvenile to adult featherset and again when coming into courage as full adults. The early bouts of fighting seem to last only a few hours. When practical I separate them but keep them so they can talk to each. They produce very distinctive trash talk that can be heard in videos that indicate if they will fight or not. Once the trash talks stops they can be re-introduced.

 

[lisaterrell88]

Yes they need to be separated it's just gonna get worse and worse. They're fighting chickens they fight. It's what they do they're not going to coexist in one big happy flock like layers. With all due respect once again people need to do their homework if they want to raise these. They take a lot of time, money, and MANAGEMENT.

Well that is the thing I did my homework as u say and from what I understand and from I was told by the guy who gave them to me they normally do start fighting till six months when they are chicks I was just wondering if anyone else has had this experience that was all. I have read and read as much as I could cause this was my first time with game chickens and I dont want to do anything wrong to harm my chickens. So thanks for ur reply

 

[lisaterrell88]

gvyt6
You have to watch that business as it often results in a loss of cockerels. I lost 2 that were not quite four weeks old to it yesterday.

So you can verify we are talking the same thing by looking at the following videos.

Suppress I like to keep broods in the company of a cock. I do not know how it works because cock does not appear to discipline them. They simply never start fighting.

Yeah that is exactly what they are doing and I already took two out cause they was being bullied the last batch I had the roo lived with my big roo till he was almost a year old and I never had a problem but this new batch the 5 babie roos just two months old are fighting like crazy and I dont know why I havnt had this problem before guess it is pen building time.

 

[centrarchid]

Yeah that is exactly what they are doing and I already took two out cause they was being bullied the last batch I had the roo lived with my big roo till he was almost a year old and I never had a problem but this new batch the 5 babie roos just two months old are fighting like crazy and I dont know why I havnt had this problem before guess it is pen building time.

See my edits above.

 

[lisaterrell88]

one of my babies that are now two months old.

 

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[sdm111]

Nice, what are they

 

[lisaterrell88]

Nice, what are they

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