XLoveChickensX
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Hey, recently all of my chickens have been targeting one of my birds. My whole flock is plenty of hens, and two roosters. The roosters have grown up together and have been in the same flock for a few years now. Yet one of them gets picked on- all the time. He's a smaller rooster, and his frenemy is a standard size. The smaller one has had a sorta tough life. I've noticed he gets bugs occasionally, and I use the Sevin dust to get rid of them. The little rooster's girlfriend died recently, on Thanksgiving morning this year. And the rooster has been way more sad looking since, and I worry for him. He seems to have trouble getting sleep at night, because when I hold him he normally falls asleep. All the birds who roost with him always seem to peck him and bite him until he's far away from them, yet they still go after him. I love this rooster, but I don't know what to do. I love all my birds, and it'd be hard to get rid of a few.
The little rooster has had these issues even before his lady passed away. I don't know if it's just the weather change, since it's been like this for a while before it's gotten colder out. Is there a way I can get the other birds to leave him alone, or am I going to have to end up keeping him away from them from now on? Please, I'd appreciate any suggestions/help!
*I apologize for any grammatical errors*
The little rooster has had these issues even before his lady passed away. I don't know if it's just the weather change, since it's been like this for a while before it's gotten colder out. Is there a way I can get the other birds to leave him alone, or am I going to have to end up keeping him away from them from now on? Please, I'd appreciate any suggestions/help!
*I apologize for any grammatical errors*