ChiSoxChick
Hatching
- May 5, 2024
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Hi - I'm a first time chicken owner. I have 4 leghorn females, an austrolorp female and a leghorn male. They are about 10 weeks old. I also have 2 pekin ducks that are the same age and I got all at once. I have an 8 foot by 8 foot coop and a 12'x10' fenced area around it, but they are allowed to free range during the day since we have several acres. The problem is that my rooster seems odd - he's very fat and he refuses to leave the coop. I will sometimes carry him out into the yard because otherwise he just sits inside all day while the others roam. He walks like Frankenstein the few times he does get up - almost like his knees don't bend. The last week or so he will try to grab the ladies by the neck if they walk too close to him - he's pulled their feathers out a few times. Last night he did it to one of the ducks. Is he a lost cause, or should I give him some time to grow up a little? Just not sure if this is typical of young roosters. Thanks!