Wow, I got a surprise last night

[pipermark]

Several weeks ago I had to move several of my cockerels away from the hens (to many , to few hens).

I had 7 of them in a pen together. This weekend I remove 2 of them to bring to someone for trade.

The only thing I can think of is this caused a rift in the established order of things.

Last night I came home to a mess. The pictures below are of the worst 2. I will have to bath them this weekend. Goliath and , the one that was the dominate cockerel of the pen, are still trying to get at each other through fencing. WOW!

 

[keeperofthehearth]

Oh my! What a mess they made of eachother. Hopefully, they will settle down. Spring hormones?

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

Quote:
That's what I'm thinking.

 

[sarahloveschickens]

wow they really tore eacherother up huh? poor birds.. :[

 

[speckledhen]

My two BR roos, who are brothers, look way worse than yours, Mark. Parts of the wattles are even gone and the combs are a mess of scabs and dried blood. They fight, then the hens pick on the wounds and keep them going. My poor handsome boys are completely beat up. And they share almost 40 hens!

 

[chickenbuddy]

I had a rooster who, let's just say that his comb was "naturally" dubbed over his life time.

 

[Chicken Girl]

I HAD 2 roos a leghorn and a buff cochin. Well the buff cochin KILLED the leghorn in Dec! Yeah Weird! Well good luck! And i would get them a way from eachother right now!


Chichen Girl

 

[tellynpeep]

When I went to shut up the coop the other night, my BO HEN was all bloody. When I cleaned her up, she looked just like your boys. Her comb was all chewed up. Today she was sitting on the floor of the coop, and she is now on a lower roost than usual. She's definitely been taken down a notch (I suspect by the Blue Andalusian, Queen of the Roost.) HOrmones, indeed. She's my best layer.