The Silver Laced Wyandotte Thread

[chicksurreal]

I NEED UR ADVICE.. I bought what was said to be a pair (meaning 1 boy,1 girl) of silver laced Wyandottes at the sale last weekend... well now I know they are both roo's.. one is way more dominate than the other and looks more mature as I heard him crow for the first time today. I got me 2 lady Wyandotte's today and when I put them in, the more dominate roo started fighting everyone.. the other roo and both hen's. He even made my other roo bleed. I separated him from the other 3..and the 3 are doing great together... but I'm wandering which of the roo's do I keep....I know they will need to get use to each other but I'm torn on which one to get rid of... any advice is appreciated..thanks

This is just my opinion, but a ratio of 1 to 1 is no better than 2 to 1 when your dealing with roosters and hens. Roosters need to have many more hens to make it comfortable for the hens. More like 1 roo to 10 or 12 hens at least. The dominant roo will be more aggressive in any case. I don't know how old they all are or what your circumstances are, but to keep 2 (or even 1 )roo for two hens may cause problems for you later.

 

[MotherHen2014]

Thank you for your responses. I do not tolerate aggressive roo's so the one will be going very soon. Therefore I will have the one roo and 2 hens. The hens should be laying anytime now and the roo is about 5 or 6 months old..

 

[tiffrosef]

My beautiful Drusilla with her pretty green eyes. Anyone else's have green eyes?

 

[jbbgsu]

Any ideas or thoughts on this hen? I was thinking lice or mites? Rest of the flock seems fine and none of the other girls are pecking or getting after her? Not sure if it's just molting or if it's something that needs treated?

 

[chicksurreal]

Any ideas or thoughts on this hen? I was thinking lice or mites? Rest of the flock seems fine and none of the other girls are pecking or getting after her? Not sure if it's just molting or if it's something that needs treated?

That looks a bit suspicious to me. We have a roo that we took from someone that was heavily infested with lice and his skin looked like that too. He had feather breakage as well.

Here's a picture of what he looked like before treatment.

 

[familyfarm1]

Quote: I agree I don't keep mean roosters got rid of two so far.

 

[chicksurreal]

My beautiful Drusilla with her pretty green eyes. Anyone else's have green eyes?

Ours do too, I'll have to take pictures. They're only 7 weeks old right now, but getting such pretty feathers!

 

[VistaSRJ]

Get rid of the mean roo. If he's mean now, he'll only get worse, and could even turn on you.

 

[tiffrosef]

I agree with the get rid of the mean roo stance. Having more than one roo in such a small flock is a bad idea no matter what. I usually suggest gettting at least 6 hens per rooster in the flock, in my experience that balance seems to work well. Once a roo goes mean, though, it only gets worse. I've never seen them get better.

 

[BanhamChick]

My gorgeous SLW around 18 weeks old. Got her and our other three hens at the weekend. Can't think of a suitable name tho!