two cockerals with 4 pullets and 3 hens silkies

[lindy]

well my boys grew up together and they had plenty of girls. well the other day they decided to fight, the bigger one(splash) lost(he was the low man, and was very friendly while the other one is a jerk)( i assume they were fighting as when i got home the splash wasnt moving and the black one was running around like mad)

the splash is now separate from everyone. I was going to cull him, but he got up the next day and started to move around a bit. He is still breathing through his mouth so i think he got some kind of internal trauma. i can get him to drink water but nothing else. its been a few days,. and he has lost a lot of weight. he is keeping his head raised up more often.
They dont have any spurs yet as they are still young.

Should i cull him? i feel so bad, i should of known better and got rid of the mean guy a few months ago. as i dont like him but he was a better quality boy. the girls also dont like him and run like mad when they see him. I figured he might settle down.

I have vit water that was for starting chicks, there is nothing else i can find to give him.

 

[Diamond Wire Farms]

Lots of TLC.

If he won't eat wetted crumble, you can try scrambled egg yolk.
If he is improving, I would give him a few more days.

When my cochin roo got beaten to a pulp by my Homicidal Guinea,
I thought he was a goner for sure. After the initial triage, I think the majority of the damage was to his ego.
The bruises are likely deep, and he may have damaged air sacs. Just the swelling form the bruises may be causing the breathing issues.

You have to judge it. If you think he is getting better slowly just keep him separated and let him heal, if you think he is suffering without possibility of recovery, then culling is the most humane thing you can do for him.

 

[lindy]

well he died this afternoon, it doesnt look like he struggled as he was in the same spot that i left him this morning, he wouldnt drink this morning so i was going to cull him this evening when it cooled down. all the other chickens were hanging out by him(he was in a separate cage), so i dont know if they knew he was dieing or what????

 

[Miyashi]

So sorry about your loss....
I can relate to a point.
My White D'uccle (Roo boy) was beaten up pretty badly by my Mom's EE rooster (Artek)
He ripped all the feathers from the top of his head and put a nasty gouge in his leg. I thought he had brain damage. He was a bit backed up in the crop too....he over ate waaay too quickly while Artek was outside. I got home and he could hardly walk. I was able to put him back out there after Artek found a new home about a week later. He was a house chicken with a diaper for a week...he had a good time.
I hope you can find another nice boy...or maybe your mean boy will settle down.
It sucks when you have roosters you like and you have to choose.
I'm glad he didn't struggle....that's the worst.
I just had to put a 10 week old pullet to sleep today (Yes, I took her to the vet and paid an enormous fee...) Her beak was crossed and she should have been four pounds by now...she was hardly one pound.
Sorry for talking about myself...just trying to relate...sometimes it helps? Maybe?

 

[lindy]

o thats sad too.
i dont know what happened, he just must of pecked him somewhere to make him that bad, he didn loose any feathers, his eyes were still bright. they both had a full head of feathers so they cant see the greatest.
Im debating whether to get rid of this roo, i just dont like him, i have chicks from Amy that im sure are a few males in there.
on a good note....
two chicks hatched out today they are so cute, never had silkie chicks before. the hens were ether a black or a blue, they were hatchery birds the roo is the black mean one.

i think one may be splash? it has white toes, and yellow fuzz on the wing while the rest of the body is blue/black?I am curious to see how the roo breeder quality looks helped out the hatchery hens faults(they do have the correct skin color,toes,comb, just lacking fluff and need less hard feathers in the tail)

 

[teach1rusl]

The "evil" cockerel may very well settle down...eventually. Young (teenish) roosters tend to be fairly aggressive with pullets/hens, as they're full of hormones and inexperienced. You can wait him out. Or you can cull him and hope for better from your chicks. Personally, I won't keep a rooster that my girls seem to hate, but my girls are priority for me.

 

[lindy]

well the hens are three years old and never had a "man" around, the pullets are just afraid of being outside (they were never outside until i got them to keep them all show ready) i am going to trim there top knots but havent yet as they are so preetythen the roo starts in on his crazy ness,