Wordslikeacharm
In the Brooder
- Aug 25, 2024
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Hi everyone,
I have a question about my younglings here.
Our chickens are free ranging all the time; we have 12 young ones (some 3 months and some 2 months old), of which the forum identified 4 males. Three of the cockerels are already showing signs of what I'd call dominance or maybe trying to mate. However one of them is hurting the pullets he tries to mate, he is very aggressive in his behaviour with them (never with us). He hurt two of them up to now, he manages to drop them on their side or even belly up, and they scream in discomfort.
Short of rehoming him, is there any way to correct this behaviour to have them coexist peacefully like for the other two cockerels?
Thanks in advance for any insight.
I have a question about my younglings here.
Our chickens are free ranging all the time; we have 12 young ones (some 3 months and some 2 months old), of which the forum identified 4 males. Three of the cockerels are already showing signs of what I'd call dominance or maybe trying to mate. However one of them is hurting the pullets he tries to mate, he is very aggressive in his behaviour with them (never with us). He hurt two of them up to now, he manages to drop them on their side or even belly up, and they scream in discomfort.
Short of rehoming him, is there any way to correct this behaviour to have them coexist peacefully like for the other two cockerels?
Thanks in advance for any insight.