Why is my chicken sexy?

[AnneLovesChickens]

So, this could turn out poorly for this attractive pullet. She may get overmated and injured. 3 males with how many laying females? They can go from looking fine to featherless and red/raw or bleeding and injured in a short time, so you’ll need to be proactive in keeping tabs on her health.

We have 3 males, plenty of space, and plenty of females, however we ended up with 4-5 females with very featherless backs/sides/head due to being the favorites for overmating. This happened pretty quickly. One pullet had a huge gash down her side to the muscle. We were not sure she would make it, but she’s fine now after a couple weeks of daily doctoring. we additionally separated the worst offending male to his own enclosure. After 10 days of solitary confinement, we gave him 2 females. He immediately mounted them to claim them/ show dominance, however, the 10 days of solitary must have mellowed him out bc he has been good to his 2 companions So far.

Don’t worry! She’s gonna be fine.
1) Due to coronavirus and being stuck at home, they are under my constant supervision and I’ve been working with the roosters daily to keep they all nice guys who just occasionally fight lightly. It’s working so far. If it gets bad, whoever is the problem will get rehomed
2) they have 20 acres to free range, plenty of hens and 4 ducks who love to keep them in line and bite them in the butt whenever they mount a lady.
3) I have a live camera feed in the coop too!
4) they hardly mate with her. They mostly just lay next to her while she forages and stare at her.
5) I lock her & 2 other popular hens in the run whenever they come running up to me all overwhelmed by the dudes. They’re happy. And no one has any injuries except one of my ducks is recovering from bumble foot.

 

[AnneLovesChickens]

I agree. I never thought of that.

See my previous comment to the other person- she’ll be more than okay. Plus I would like to add that you will never hear of more healthy, spoiled birds ever! They have an expensive Fort Knox coop & run, lots of land to free range, toys, costly predator protection all over, constant tlc from me, 24-7 quarantine supervision from us due to coronavirus right now, and an expensive diet. They’re safe, happy, healthy birds.

 

[Acre4Me]

Don’t worry! She’s gonna be fine.
1) Due to coronavirus and being stuck at home, they are under my constant supervision and I’ve been working with the roosters daily to keep they all nice guys who just occasionally fight lightly. It’s working so far. If it gets bad, whoever is the problem will get rehomed
2) they have 20 acres to free range, plenty of hens and 4 ducks who love to keep them in line and bite them in the butt whenever they mount a lady.
3) I have a live camera feed in the coop too!
4) they hardly mate with her. They mostly just lay next to her while she forages and stare at her.
5) I lock her & 2 other popular hens in the run whenever they come running up to me all overwhelmed by the dudes. They’re happy. And no one has any injuries except one of my ducks is recovering from bumble foot.

she’s not laying yet, so they aren’t mating her. You haven’t said how old the males are, so their stage of development will determine their actions. even with free ranging, a pullet/hen can still get overmated. A chicken is a flock animal and wont just leave the flock or the rooster bc they are being overmated or injured. They will stay with their flock. So, keep your awareness up with 3 males in your flock.

 

[AnneLovesChickens]

she’s not laying yet, so they aren’t mating her. You haven’t said how old the males are, so their stage of development will determine their actions. even with free ranging, a pullet/hen can still get overmated. A chicken is a flock animal and wont just leave the flock or the rooster bc they are being overmated or injured. They will stay with their flock. So, keep your awareness up with 3 males in your flock.

That’s weird that you say that because they all wonder off in different directions everyday. I know they’re flock animals, but they have different clicks and the brahmas love just wondering off by themselves. I’m proud to say that I’ve raised some strong ladies too who beat the heck out of the roosters when they try to mate and it isn’t wanted lol. All 3 boys are 6-8 month old cockerels and I’m already prepared to rehome them if they become a problem.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

The 2 that follow her all day are a RIR and an Ayam Cemani (all black everything, even his comb). The 3rd rooster is a rosecomb bantam (all black but not his comb & earlobes), who would be beat up if he tried for her on the ground, but tries for her when she’s up high where he can’t be beat up by the other 2. She is dark gray, almost black, with white polkadots, and the darkest female of them all & closest to being black. She seems like she likes the RIR the most, which makes sense because he’s got all the colors, and a red comb, unlike the AC nor RB.

The hens also prefer large wattles, go figure

 

[rosemarythyme]

The hens also prefer large wattles, go figure

Well you know what they say about a roo with large wattles *waggles brows*

 

[AnneLovesChickens]

Well you know what they say about a roo with large wattles *waggles brows*

I think you won this thread

 

[AnneLovesChickens]

Update: she laid her first olive egg! The boys still follow her everywhere though

 

[rosemarythyme]

Update: she laid her first olive egg! The boys still follow her everywhere though

Grats on the egg! Bet those boys will love her even more now.

 

[AnneLovesChickens]

Grats on the egg! Bet those boys will love her even more now.

Thank you