rooster fighting a hen?

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one of my roosters just started fighting one of my hens. i have 8 chicks all together and they are all one month old. he just started doing this like 2 days ago. he jumps up and trys to spur her. i have them all together and its not when there in there pen its when i let them out. also whenever one of the other chickens does something the rooster gets really mad.  the hen trys to fight him when he does that too. he has tried to fight he other rooster too. should i seporate the rooster from the other chickens or do you think he will stop? i was thinking about just putting him in his own pen for a while and then moving him back with the others but im afraid the other rooster will fight him then.  non of them have gotten hurt because the rooster hasnt gotten big spurs yet but i think soon he might hurt them if he keeps doing this and i dont do anything about it....  so please what should i do?!?!?! thanks!!!!

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

If he is a chick hes probably just practicing. I wouldn't worry too much. If they're not getting injured it's ok. They are just sorting out the pecking order. 
We had to get rid of a few roosters because they were really aggressive and kept all ganging up on the timid roosters. 
Generally roosters wont attack females too badly just other males.  If they are well matched and neither get injured its ok to let them fight a little its just their way of working things out.
But if things start to get bad they should be separated. just keep an eye on them for now. If things dont get any worse leave them the way they are.
If you seperate him now when he is let back with the group he will have to assert his position in the peaking order again and by then he will be stronger and more likely to cause damage to the others.
With eight chicks they'll probably seperate into two groups so they wont fight so much.

rooster fighting a hen?

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