4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[AmberSky]

Last year i bought some chicks and unfortunately 2 ended up being cockerels.

 

Kentucky the white Sussex is the dominant one and as well as being quite boisterous he has been fighting with sapphire my other cockerel and caused it to bleed on its wattle

I am trying to rehome Kentucky but i wondered if its feasible to keep the other cockerel sapphire separate on my lawn next to the other run but on his own in its own coop?

i do have some other hens but i would rather not separate them from the other flock.

 

i just wonder if sapphire will be ok on his own and not be to traumatized and miss the rest of the flock and will it be warm enough in a coop on its own, at the moment i have brought it in to my kitchen for a quiet nights sleep and to keep warm as i also had to bath it as it was so dirty with mud and blood from fighting.

 

Any advise would be gratefully received.

[kinsk]

I am certainly nowhere near as experienced as most on here, but personally I wouldn't. I don't think it would be fair, he'd see the others and then get quite frustrated that he couldn't interact, it could actually be quite cruel. The more natural the environment the more they thrive and that is far from a natural environment.

 

I may be wrong.

 

Could he not go with the other hens? or do they already already have a cockerel in with them?

[miller30]

I have a little pekin boy that has trouble with his beak it needs trimming every 2 weeks and he can only eat chick crumb he spends a lot of time on his own as he has to have his meals in my brick shed he has always slept on his own in a soundproof house he knows this routine now hes 3 he hasnt suffered from this but when he does get to hang around outside with my other birds he loves it he is so friendly and follows me around comes when you call his name its not ideal him being on his own but i would say if its only for a short time until you rehome your boy i cant see it doing him any harm all my excess boys are culled if i cant rehome them and i have thought about this with teddy but i cant bring myself to do it and i couldnt trust rehoming him as if his beak wasnt trimmed he would starve to death.I would seperate the boy your rehoming and leave the other one with the girls leanne

[Redwing]

If its till you rehome him then he will be fine. most of my boys live on their own for up to six months of the year but never for extended periods at a time so a few weeks on their own followed by a week of being with a female for example

 

While not ideal its more common for cockerels to live on their own than hens and they do seem to cope very well with it as long as they are within sight or earshot of other birds

 

What I woudl say though is that there is potential that the two males will fight with the wire between them so keep an eye on that

 

If you plan to keep the lone cockerel long term I do think it would be kinder to buy him some female company

[AmberSky]

Thanks for the replies, thankfully a workmate is re homing my light Sussex for Me