What should I do with a mean seabright bantam?

[juliemom25]

Maybe mean is a little strong, but I have a 3 week old bantam seabright that is very aggressive. He/she is fine with the 5 other mixed bantams of the same age, but I tried to put in the same brooder our 2 one week standard roos (they are both bigger than the seabright already) and the seabright continuously charged them and would not let them get food. I kept checking in on them and the 2 roos were not getting pecked, just charged so I left them in for a while. After about 4 or 5 hours I felt so sorry for the poor standard roos (no food and forced to huddle in the corner) that I put them back in their own brooder box.

Are all bantam seabrights this way? I am almost positive that our white silkie bantam is a rooster (the seabright's box mate) and he pretty much rules the box. It just seems that this seabright has a serious attitude and it very unfriendly. What do I do if he/she continues this way? We really have no place for a chick with a 'tude. Could it settle down once it gets put in with our standard sized hens?

Thanks so much!

Julie

 

[Kanchii]

seabright roos tend to be really aggressive... try separating him for a while and putting the standard roos back in. they'll get used to being higher in the pecking order, then maybe they'll actually stand up for themselves once you put the bantam back in a couple hours later?

 

[StrawberryHouseMouse]

You give it to me XD thats what you do about them. Na there is some breeds out there more agressive then others but with every breed there will be a bad apple as I told someone else earlier.

 

[nzpouter]

I got one of those...

good laugh they are...

 

[KattyKillFish]

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i agree. what we did once with a little roo that was starting to get aggressive was we put him in a cage and out the cage in with the others. left him in there until he was used to them. after a few days of him being in the cage he cooled it and acted like a normal roo.

now, if he stars getting aggressive toward YOU, you have an entirely different problem.

 

[becky3086]

I can't say as I am surprised, most roos put in together will be aggressive towards each other .

 

[juliemom25]

Thanks for the replies!

I am not ready to give up on him or anything, just worried it will not improve. I will try to separate him within the brooder box and give them all some more time to warm up to one another. I get that roos will "fight." I guess I just didn't expect it so early. Our silkie bantam (pretty sure it's a roo) is aggressive and protective, but not "mean." And, our week old standard roos are feisty, but sweet. I guess it just suprises me that our seabright is not only probably a roo, but a slighty naughty one!

Julie

 

[EM Squared Farms 2]

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NOT TRUE. I raise golden sebrights and they are very gentle and friendly. I have raised many sebright roos and not one, not even one was mean.

 

[Tracydr]

Do you have the brooder light on 24 hours a day? Do they have plenty of space? I would decrease the light or change to a red light for night. Get a larger brooder and another feeder or two.
I've found aggression problems work themselves out with enough space and decreased light. I'm raising a big batch of red broilers and red packing peanuts that are mostly roosters right now. The packing peanuts are probably RIR or NH. They are quite agressive but nobody is getting hurt because there are a lot of feeders and feeder space and lots of play room/sleep room and has been, even when they were in the brooder.
I've never had a pecking problem, even raising peafowl, guineas or peacocks. It's all in the management. I've also never trimmed beaks, I think its inhumane and unnecessary.

 

[stormylady]

My little Buff Seabright was a little aggressive but I used the holding and walking around with him and he is a good boy now. It seems like bantams are alot like little dogs they try and make up in attitude what the don't have in size, Ive only had two aggressive roos, a silkie named flame and of course our little seabright, I tryed the taming methods with the silkie but it didn't help him but the little seabright responded pretty quickly to the treatment. Hmmm? Funny how that works sometimes.