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  1. Mrs. K

    How to choose which rooster to keep?

    If you want to keep the ducks, keep them separate from the chickens.
  2. Mrs. K

    How to choose which rooster to keep?

    I would cull three roosters immediately with only three pullets. It is amazing that this has not been a disaster, and you might be thinking that somehow you got lucky. But spring is coming, and with the sap rising in those roosters the wreck is coming. How cockerels are acting this week is not...
  3. Mrs. K

    How to choose which rooster to keep?

    Do you only have 3 pullets? Or do you have hens too? If you only have 7 birds, I am amazed that this has worked so far. As a chicken keeper, we want to keep the best rooster, and cull the worst seems like a very good plan. And that one should wait to see who is the best. But waiting, is often...
  4. Mrs. K

    How to choose which rooster to keep?

    I agree - that yellow goes and anything you don't like for what ever reason. Get two out of there, that will change how the remaining two act, wait, and cull again. Another thing to consider is physical traits, and feathers can cover sins. It is a good thing to take a good look at their feet. A...
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