CrazyChookChookLady
Crossing the Road
He's Ned on Friday with his flock.In 2020 Sydney hatched fertile eggs from my friends flock @CrazyChookChookLady
Ned was one of those chicks. CCCL took the chickens back as I had no room to expand further. There was no Cluckle Hut at the time. Ned left when he was a couple of months old to join CCCLs tribe. He then grew up with his Dad Stanley. Stanley taught him how to be the excellent rooster he is today. Stanley died suddenly and Ned had responsibility for Stanley's tribe.
Sydney with the 3 chicks she hatched. Ned is the black one with a dot on his head. He was all rooster from day one.
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He now has 7 hens and 1 junior rooster. I was going to split out Cappy and the 2 black hens into their own coop, but I don't think I will now.
I found that the boys take turns doing escort duty while free ranging. Depending on which hen needs to lay determines which roo takes her to the coop. The remaining boy stays with the rest of the flock.
There is no hostility between Ned and Cappy. They both mate with the hens, Cappy only has a few that allow him though.