Lauren4868
Chirping
- Oct 21, 2020
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Hello and thank you to anyone that reads this. I will try to make it short and sweet...
Up until this week I had a flock of 18 chickens, 3 were roosters.
My head rooster is an Easter Egger (4 yrs old) and the other 2 were Cochin brothers (3 yrs old). Everyone has gotten along very well over the years. My head rooster would chase the younger boys once in a while but that was always the extent of any 'bickering'.
A few days ago the 2 younger roosters started going after the head rooster and sparring with him. He gave up over time, changing the dynamics of the flock. I let this go one for a day or two but it was getting to the point where the head rooster submitted but the other two wouldnt let up. It was obvious that they wanted him dead.
I brought the injured head rooster inside and cleaned him up. He's been living in my garage for 4 days in an XL dog crate. He's doing great and very eager to get back into the coop.
I decided to cull one of the Cochin roosters because it was apparent that the 3 of them could not get along any longer and the 2 were ganging up and picking on my head rooster.
I would like to reintroduce my head rooster back into the flock. Is there a possibility that now with only 2 roosters, they will balance themselves out? And has anyone done this before?
Up until this week I had a flock of 18 chickens, 3 were roosters.
My head rooster is an Easter Egger (4 yrs old) and the other 2 were Cochin brothers (3 yrs old). Everyone has gotten along very well over the years. My head rooster would chase the younger boys once in a while but that was always the extent of any 'bickering'.
A few days ago the 2 younger roosters started going after the head rooster and sparring with him. He gave up over time, changing the dynamics of the flock. I let this go one for a day or two but it was getting to the point where the head rooster submitted but the other two wouldnt let up. It was obvious that they wanted him dead.
I brought the injured head rooster inside and cleaned him up. He's been living in my garage for 4 days in an XL dog crate. He's doing great and very eager to get back into the coop.
I decided to cull one of the Cochin roosters because it was apparent that the 3 of them could not get along any longer and the 2 were ganging up and picking on my head rooster.
I would like to reintroduce my head rooster back into the flock. Is there a possibility that now with only 2 roosters, they will balance themselves out? And has anyone done this before?