The Poultry Keeper

Smudge · Joined: 15 Aug 2007 Posts: 45 Location: Henhouse

.... of just cockerels, no hens, would they still fight?

hyperthetical question only... i was just wondering (as you do)

kated · Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 2041 Location: norfolk

Cockerels are just like humans - some are more aggressive than others. I have kept a pen of six maran cockerels and had no trouble at all and yet I had 4 silkie cockerels who would not stop fighting in spite of being brought up together. They got to a stage, about 4 months old I think and they were off and I had to separate them all.

jessjess · Joined: 28 May 2008 Posts: 218 Location: Derbyshire

Not sure but i expect if just one hen got near that farm there would be trouble.

JC · Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 1103 Location: Sussex

Ive heard cockrels can live in harmony as a group once they sort out there pecking order. I guess its different for every cockrel

EGirl · Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 1277 Location: Dublin, Ireland

I guess if you provided unlimited beer, pizza and footy on the telly they'd be alright..... Laughing

Welsh Duck · Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject:

I've kept groups of cockerals OK together, but very often one day they suddenly have a disagreement and have to be seperated. For me its usually about 8-10 mths old

Pekinout · Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Posts: 1196 Location: Cornwall

We had 2 cockerels together once a bantam and a mixed breed standard, they got on really well, even shared the ex batts, then one day the white leghorn cockerel got out of his pen, wandered round to where the 2 cockerels were and killed the bantam and injured the mixed breed cockerel. He had his neck stretched that night, we didnt want to risk him attacking any of the other cockerels.