JulieBeth07
Songster
I apologize for the length and I'm not sure of I should post this under ducks or not... but since my issue is with the rooster I figured I'd post here. I've never had a rooster or had to integrate one.
Mr Bleu...he's about 4-5 months old, we adopted him from a friend that couldn't keep him. We've had him in our enclosed chicken run for almost 2 weeks, and have let him out short times supervised while the girls free range. We have 26 hens (13 are laying 13 will be soon) and 6 ducks (1 layer the other 5 aren't yet). They sleep in different places but range all day together.
He doesn't seem to bother the hens, they have kinda worked out their differences? Because the first couple of times they spent together the girls kinda made their presence known, but he'll still peck at them. The concern or behavior id like to curv is him chasing down a couple of ducks. For the most part its one in particular, a smaller gold star hybrid, and most of them aren't laying. I think he's trying to mate her.. or them. He doesn't seem to do it to the chickens? He almost seeks them out. I didn't know if maybe he sees them as a different flock? Or to show dominance?
Oh help me please
Mr Bleu...he's about 4-5 months old, we adopted him from a friend that couldn't keep him. We've had him in our enclosed chicken run for almost 2 weeks, and have let him out short times supervised while the girls free range. We have 26 hens (13 are laying 13 will be soon) and 6 ducks (1 layer the other 5 aren't yet). They sleep in different places but range all day together.
He doesn't seem to bother the hens, they have kinda worked out their differences? Because the first couple of times they spent together the girls kinda made their presence known, but he'll still peck at them. The concern or behavior id like to curv is him chasing down a couple of ducks. For the most part its one in particular, a smaller gold star hybrid, and most of them aren't laying. I think he's trying to mate her.. or them. He doesn't seem to do it to the chickens? He almost seeks them out. I didn't know if maybe he sees them as a different flock? Or to show dominance?
Oh help me please