Can you keep roosters together

However, sometimes they are too aggressive towards me or the chickens in my flock. Getting chased or attacked by a rooster is not one of my favorite activities, so in those cases they must leave the farm.

There are some breeds of roosters that are calmer than others, but just like any other animal they all have their own personalities and those calmer breeds can still become aggressive. Following these few suggestions will hopefully ease any rooster aggression issues and help transition new roosters into your flock. If you are thinking about adding a rooster to your flock be sure to take a look at our blog on the many great reasons for owning a rooster.

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Read about the pros of each option. We have 15 pullets and 7 cockerels that are about 3 months old. We want to keep one for near future chicks but are wondering if we should keep 2 just in case something happens to the flock like a predator attack one rooster hopefully survives.

But worry 2 roosters would be too much for 15 hens. The rest will be placed in a rooster bachelor pad on another piece of property for gardening away from the hens for either culling, rehoming or possible extra backup roosters for the backup rooster, lol. Any helpful thoughts on this would be great.

Also, one rooster I like is a bit bow legged, he is 2 weeks older than the others and is starting to pull some feathers out of some hens and cockerels hopefully just juvenile hormones. He has the same father as the other chickens but is the only bow legged one.

Hi Lina. I live in Missouri. Thank you all for the great advice. I'm not planning on a breeding program at this time, so I'll just have to decide who to keep, and give the others away. It was bad luck on our part - we got 4 easter egger chicks and 3 of them were roosters. Post reply. Insert quotes…. New posts New threads Active threads Latest posts. Granny's gone and done it again Latest: Cynthia12 A moment ago.

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We can't have them in the city, but we do love our hens. I don't understand why more people don't raise chickens, quite frankly. You guys do know why a hen runs away from the rooster don't ya? Feel free to delete this comment, Rochelle! When my spouse buys chickies, he likes to get all different kinds.

We have had a few Rhode Island Reds- good layers, nice big hens. We always collect eggs promptly, so never tried for progeny.

I used to have chickens, and as you say, they did their job of laying eggs without a rooster. I ended up getting a rooster somebody was giving away. He was quite handsome, but he sure got those hens all worked up. They were pretty calm on their own. We had Rhode Island Reds, and they never did set any eggs, so we never had baby chickens from them. You are right, Randy, we can always learn something about humanity, by observing other living beings. Roosters are very instructive. I'll have to admit that I, now-and-then, look at your "Last Gasp" comments, admiring your tenacity and insight.

Roosters are fascinating creatures as you've well described, Rochelle. We always had a rooster to mind our flock of hens as they ran free most of the time. It's sometimes hell to find the eggs though. I've always enjoyed a good rooster fight--just those among our flock of course--to see the different personalities of the combatants. Often after a long match the one getting the worst of it will simply look around as if to say "what's going on over there?

Some people say that a rooster can manage about 10 or 12 hens-- but I wouldn't know what to do with that many eggs. Our current one came from a neighbor who had put up a sign saying "Free Roosters". We had recently lost hens to predators, so thought we should get one. A great hub of the pros and cons of having roosters. We manage to give the occasional rooster away, but can't bring ourselves to kill and eat them. Our current roosters get on fine and seem to know the pecking order but before we got rid of the last two they were constantly fighting.

What impresses me about roosters apart from their looks is that they always let the hen's eat first. We have only ever had one rooster that attacked people and got rid of him quickly. Health Problems. Freshwater Pets. Freshwater Aquariums. Saltwater Pets. Saltwater Aquariums. Exotic Pets. Guinea Pigs. Pet Ownership.

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