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  1. SheppFamilyFlock

    What to do about rooster:hen ratio?

    I'm not concerned about the crowing, our chickens are far enough away from the house that it won't be an issue 😊 space isn't an issue either, their coop and run are plenty big enough. We only wanted about 8 chickens total. We will be processing them for meat. We are aware their meat isn't as...
  2. SheppFamilyFlock

    What to do about rooster:hen ratio?

    Yes I do know roosters are problematic, originally we weren't going to keep any roosters but we thought we might be able to keep one so that we can hatch our own eggs. But we were also hoping to get more than 2 hens out of this batch 🙃 Is ordering chicks safer than buying laying hens? We want...
  3. SheppFamilyFlock

    What to do about rooster:hen ratio?

    I'll just start off saying I am quite new to keeping chickens. My family has a small flock of eight birds, they are just about 12 weeks old. We've come to the realization that we likely have 6 cockerels and 2 pullets on our hands 🤦‍♀️ we will be removing 5 of the cockerels once we know for sure...
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