So I have a flock of 6 serama and 2 gamefowl hens. 3 roosters are in the flock. They are all serama. They get along very well. Top bird is Lil Man, then Bebeep and then Guster at the bottom. The hens, in order of dominance are Black Tie Affair, Serbie, and then Angel. The two gamebirds are still trying to find their spot but I suspect they will settle just under Black Tie Affair.
I also have a gamecock. He's young yet, doesn't even crow. Right now he's really docile and shy. I'm trying to figure out if I should put him into the flock or continue to string train him as I have been in a separate area of the yard, so he will know what it is when he's older and hormones kick in. This is how most gamefowl are housed simply because they cannot be nice to one another (the roosters, not the hens, the hens are quite pleasant. Bossy but fine.). Soon I'll have another coop and he can take that for himself. I do not leave him strung at night I unclip him and put him in his own place for bed.
Ideas?
I do not want to hear that the tie training is mean, it's not. It's a safety thing. He's got plenty of cord to play on. Just trying to make a plan for when he does mature.
I also have a gamecock. He's young yet, doesn't even crow. Right now he's really docile and shy. I'm trying to figure out if I should put him into the flock or continue to string train him as I have been in a separate area of the yard, so he will know what it is when he's older and hormones kick in. This is how most gamefowl are housed simply because they cannot be nice to one another (the roosters, not the hens, the hens are quite pleasant. Bossy but fine.). Soon I'll have another coop and he can take that for himself. I do not leave him strung at night I unclip him and put him in his own place for bed.
Ideas?
I do not want to hear that the tie training is mean, it's not. It's a safety thing. He's got plenty of cord to play on. Just trying to make a plan for when he does mature.
