PlentifulPrairie
Songster
Hi! I have a problem that I have yet to have in my time of raising chickens.
I have a flock of 11. Two roosters. One rooster is about to turn 3 and he other is 9 months old (son to 3 year old rooster). My 3 year old rooster has been pretty good to the younger rooster. My younger rooster has become a pretty ruff with the older one. He chases him and pretty much will peck the crap out of him, even though the older rooster has completely submitted to him. I have been keep them separated during the day because i'm afraid that maybe it'll go too far and he'll kill my older roo. They sleep in the same coop after dark, i bring one of them in the coop myself after dark to avoid fighting and i get up early and take one of them out before there's enough light they naturally want to be up.
1. do you think the fighting will ever stop?
2. could i have another coop and just divide up my flock (there are 3 hens that are the same age as the roo/they are siblings and thats how i've been having them hangout during the day so far.) and fence them off from one another.
3. i'll take any advice, i don't really want to get rid of my younger roo because well i really care about him and i don't have someone that i know personally that would be able to take him... i don't want him to become chicken stew for someone or basically abandon him due to "buyers remorse".
thoughts?
I have a flock of 11. Two roosters. One rooster is about to turn 3 and he other is 9 months old (son to 3 year old rooster). My 3 year old rooster has been pretty good to the younger rooster. My younger rooster has become a pretty ruff with the older one. He chases him and pretty much will peck the crap out of him, even though the older rooster has completely submitted to him. I have been keep them separated during the day because i'm afraid that maybe it'll go too far and he'll kill my older roo. They sleep in the same coop after dark, i bring one of them in the coop myself after dark to avoid fighting and i get up early and take one of them out before there's enough light they naturally want to be up.
1. do you think the fighting will ever stop?
2. could i have another coop and just divide up my flock (there are 3 hens that are the same age as the roo/they are siblings and thats how i've been having them hangout during the day so far.) and fence them off from one another.
3. i'll take any advice, i don't really want to get rid of my younger roo because well i really care about him and i don't have someone that i know personally that would be able to take him... i don't want him to become chicken stew for someone or basically abandon him due to "buyers remorse".
thoughts?