lurcher666phil 43 Posted October 4, 2015 Report Share Posted October 4, 2015 Just got 2 new ginger game hens to run with ginger cock and hes got one scared so it wont come out of coop and nearly killed the other is this common for cocks to fight hens ive never known it before or is mine just an idiot Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Some will. They usually settle down after a while though. Have you the heels cut on him to stop him damaging them ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Stags can be rough on hens/pullets. They do calm down with age. As Neil says, make sure he can't damage them. Keep an eye, make sure hen is feeding. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Navek Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 If you can try pening them next to each other for acouple of days so they can see each other through the mesh then trim the cocks Spurs back( if he has any ) and round them off. Seen plenty of cocks fight a hen when first introduced and asking as the hen gives in to him it normaly settles down in a couple days Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcher666phil 43 Posted October 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Some will. They usually settle down after a while though. Have you the heels cut on him to stop him damaging them ? it was using its beak it had it cornered hen was about done for and it just kept at it until i stopped it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
willo the wisp 27 Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Ive had the same problem here but with a shamo cock as said round the spurs of but that wont stop him with beak though but he will calm down when the hen knows her place Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Some will. They usually settle down after a while though. Have you the heels cut on him to stop him damaging them ?it was using its beak it had it cornered hen was about done for and it just kept at it until i stopped it OK, he was showing her who's boss. If he wanted to beat her he'd have been using his legs. She submitted, and it looked worse than it was. They should get on, after a while. They're the opposite to people, LOL. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Keeper eley 367 Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 I've had the same thing but within a week the hen will know and she will starting swotting for him! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcher666phil 43 Posted October 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 Some will. They usually settle down after a while though. Have you the heels cut on him to stop him damaging them ? it was using its beak it had it cornered hen was about done for and it just kept at it until i stopped it OK, he was showing her who's boss. If he wanted to beat her he'd have been using his legs. She submitted, and it looked worse than it was.They should get on, after a while. They're the opposite to people, LOL. it cant get much worse hen has a broken leg so the only time theyl get on is in the after life wich is where they are both at now ive tryed previously introducing by letting that cock see hens in pen next to him it had simular results Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurchers 2,763 Posted October 5, 2015 Report Share Posted October 5, 2015 My mate keeps gingers and he says they only get on if they are all out the same brood and not been slit from birth,he says if you split them and reintroduce them there's hell on.he says that's why he will never split them from chicks again because the damage it causes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted October 6, 2015 Report Share Posted October 6, 2015 Some will. They usually settle down after a while though. Have you the heels cut on him to stop him damaging them ?it was using its beak it had it cornered hen was about done for and it just kept at it until i stopped itOK, he was showing her who's boss. If he wanted to beat her he'd have been using his legs. She submitted, and it looked worse than it was.They should get on, after a while. They're the opposite to people, LOL. it cant get much worse hen has a broken leg so the only time theyl get on is in the after life wich is where they are both at now ive tryed previously introducing by letting that cock see hens in pen next to him it had simular results Then he wasn't just using his beak to bully her, they were fighting full on. That's gamefowl for you. I presume you've culled her but if she was worth breeding from you probably could have fixed that leg with a splint. Next Spring if you'd put him in with her he probably would have threaded her and you could have took him away then and do that every day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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