I've got 2 roosters and 8 hens currently, mixed breeds. Both roosters are great and get along fine, however one of them started singling out one of my 2 lavender amerecaunas over the winter and constantly chased her off and swatted at her. I found her dead with no sign of illness or physical injury one morning. Started wondering if the rooster did this...now a month or so later he is bullying the other lavender, which he treated just fine up until the first one died (got killed?). She has a ton of broken feathers and is not allowed near him. Last evening as they were all heading to the coop he was really abusing her and trying to pin her down. The worst I've seen. So I'm going to isolate him today in a smaller coop, but it's not out of sight from the chickens, it's just a small tractor coop/run inside of the main run.
Is this common behavior? Do I have too few hens for 2 roosters?
Will keeping him penned up in timeout around all of the other birds help reset his behavior or should I just start looking for a new home for him now?
Is this common behavior? Do I have too few hens for 2 roosters?
Will keeping him penned up in timeout around all of the other birds help reset his behavior or should I just start looking for a new home for him now?