jam Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Steve Mcqueen has decided that he doesnt like going to bed, and has a pecking frenzy at my feet (thank goodness for crocs!) and its almost impossible to pick him up and put him inside as he turns into an owl and can turn his head around surprisingly far. He's also being a bully towards Harry Houdini, the Millefleur cockerel, who hides in the house until steve has finished eating and at night shelters on a brick in the corner in the house to escape steve! I think its possibly because of the new serama pair which are in the garden near the boys coop, but I dont know what to do because I cant put the seramas in the back field because they are too good at flying and have proven that they can fly higher than 6ft. I was thinking of seperating the boys, but i dont like the idea of them being on their own. I was thinking of maybe getting some ex battery hens for steve as he's a colour cross, but do you think they would be too big for him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy kc Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I have a lovely pekin cockerel called Elvis and he lives with 2 ex bats a light sussex and a bluebell and dosen't have any trouble, so I think your boy would be ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 A programme a couple of weeks ago showed 2 bantam cockerels with a load of ex batt girls. If you can create a pen big enough get them a load of girls. Were they hatched together ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jam Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 They were hatched together, but I havnt got a pen big enough to get them enough hens to share. Harry is a Millefleur and I was planning on getting him some Millefleur hens to make a breeding group and putting steve with a couple of ex batts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
