Tiny rooster question?

[Marsha DeVaughn]

I have a tiny, I assume Bantam rooster, who has shown up at my house. He is roosting in the trees but there are hawks and owls all around here! I’ve become so attached to him and vice versa. Can he be kept in the coop with two regular size hens? He hangs out around them whenever he can. I just want to take care of him and protect him. He loves to hang out by the chicken hospital my bumble foot girl is being kept in. Trees are starting to lose leaves also!

 

[DobieLover]

Yes. He will be just fine with your full size hens. He will undoubtedly try to mate them but they can rarely hit the target. But it does happen!

 

[The Moonshiner]

From the pics I guess it's too late to worry about a quarantine period so I say he's good to go.
Never a guarantee birds will get along but I'd say all will be fine.

 

[Buckeye Amy]

He's a cute little guy isn't he? I'd be tempted to keep him too.

 

[Ridgerunner]

You don't get guarantees with behaviors but you can certainly try. They will sort out who is flock master. That may involve fighting, it may be extremely peaceful. Have a plan so you can isolate one if they get injured.

I agree it is too late for quarantine.

If it were me I'd put him in with the hens during the day when you catch him so you can observe what they do.

 

[LaFleche]

Let him join your hens and deworm and check for external parasites as well.

He is very cute!

 

[The Chickens' Maid]

Yeah little dude will be fine

 

[Marsha DeVaughn]

Yes. He will be just fine with your full size hens. He will undoubtedly try to mate them but they can rarely hit the target. But it does happen!

Oh my goodness! Yes! The minute I put him in the coop he hopped on top of my olive egger and I think she pooped everywhere running around with him on her back! Felt bad for her but had to laugh! They have been fine in there together!
But second question…he barely eats anything that I ever see which worries me! Is this normal? Don’t they eat regular chicken feed and scratch grain? About all I ever see him show any interest in are tiny pieces of cracked corn. A little bread, but I try not to give him that now that he’s in the coop in hopes he’ll eat more.

Let him join your hens and deworm and check for external parasites as well.

He is very cute!

He has joined the coop and seems to fit in like a little champ!
I do have a question though…on my most hated subject and words…but I need to know…so here goes! How do you deworm a chicken? Is that a common problem because it’s not one I’ve ever dealt with and I’m hoping it’s not because I already can barely make myself eat chicken anymore anyway!
My plan had been when my last chicken died that was about 10 years old I was going to take a break, sell my coop and maybe one day have a walk in coop and then start over. Well my girl passed away about 2 months ago and from that day when I’m sitting on my porch crying this chicken shows up from farm Nextdoor that I had been feeding with bumblefoot. They DO NOT take care of their flock AT ALL, so I knew she’d die if I didn’t help her. Then little rooster shows up and won’t leave, another hen from I don’t know where shows up and will not leave. The others would go back to the farm at night but not these two and their chickens were chasing them so I assume they were not part of their flock and found out they weren’t. Yesterday another of their’s I had been feeding shows up after missing 3 weeks and she looks awful! Both feet swollen and feathers on top of wing broken and bleeding! So it seems I may be starting back treating feet! But one foot badly swollen on top between toes and on bottom but no visible scab! Is that bumble foot???

 

[Marsha DeVaughn]

He's a cute little guy isn't he? I'd be tempted to keep him too.

He is ADORABLE!!! So sweet!!!

 

[Marsha DeVaughn]

You don't get guarantees with behaviors but you can certainly try. They will sort out who is flock master. That may involve fighting, it may be extremely peaceful. Have a plan so you can isolate one if they get injured.

I agree it is too late for quarantine.

If it were me I'd put him in with the hens during the day when you catch him so you can observe what they do.

That’s exactly what I did! I put him in one day and watched. He immediately hopped on hens back, she freaked out and ran around with him on her back! In a minute he hopped down and it’s like they were best buds!
Question on quarantine? Guess I was stupid! But why quarantine? Contagious disease??? Or what?