cockerels

My 4 month old chickens are being let out of the run under supervision. I opened the gate, picked a spot in the yard to sit, and watched! So much fun to watch them all explore and play! One of my lady spitzhaubens had a blast- I had a water bottle, and she came over and took the cap right out...

I've begun to notice that our hens and pullets have been attacking our 2 cockerels. They've been getting feathers ripped out. Little man doesn't even bother them and just follows his "mother" around for the most part while his flock brother Spotted Elk stays away from everyone completely. What...

Well, I had to dispose of my beautiful boy, Pride. True to typical production bird males, he became less pleasant. :( He began to stalk me after the day he jumped at my hand from behind. Then started rushing at me and jumping at me until it was no longer safe to go out in the yard without...

My turkens have never hatched any of their own eggs. When acquiring new chickens, I've always had to purchase them. My girl was being moody and broody, so I let her sit on her eggs. (I don't usually leave the eggs with her. Last time we tried to let her, the eggs actually started to rot...) I...

So now that at 3 months and a bit I have 3 cockerels for sure in my chicken flock of 10, how do I manage this?? I know all the options good or bad. Eat 'em, keep 'em, keep one, keep two... I would like to know everyone else's opinions and experiences keeping theirs, keeping multiples etc. I...

I have several cockerels available. $5 each. Covington Georgia. Willing to travel up to an hour for $10 per bird. Blue Splash English Orpington- 3 months Black Silkie - 3 months Lemon Blue Old English Game Bantam - month and a half Lemon Blue Spangled Old English Game Bantam - month and a half

Let me preference this by saying that I'm not allowed to keep roosters because of city ordinances, so keeping him for myself is not an option. Background information: Back in January or February I got 4 more chicks that I added to my existing flock of 5 hens - 1 Brahma pullet, 2 Orloffs that I...

So I hatched 20 chicks on Easter. A bunch of different breeds and crosses. So far I’m convinced I have at least... 3 pullets maybe 4 but everyone else is growing big wattles and combs already at 4 weeks old. :barnie That’s over 75% cockerels. I knew my luck was bad so I filled my incubator as...

I have two a little over two month old sapphire gems. They are supposed to be pullets but I'm a first time chicken owner so was looking if someone could confirm that. One has the really dark head and the other has a lighter head. They seem to be developing quicker then my speckled Sussex even...

I hatched white legbar, Black Copper Marans and silkie cockerels. I am planning on keeping 3 silkies, one BCM and the white legbar in a separate coop/run from the girls. They were hatched together and brooded together for a couple of weeks. However, they are now in separate brooders (silkies in...

I saw a large fowl cockerel that was striped horizontally and was red/orange in colour. Just wondering if anyone knew what kind it was ? This isn’t the image of the actual cockerel it was this kind of pattern but really vibrant orange or red in colour all over the body and it was pretty large in...

Hi All! Well, I finally took to leap after reading up on just about all I can maintain in my head and ordered 18 chicks (all sexed females) of different breeds. Blue/Black/Splash Ameraucanas (3), Lavender Orpington (3), Barred Plymouth Rock (3), Buff Orpington (3), Silver Laced Wyandotte (3)...

Hello, So I'm looking for some advice; Early last year I hatched the below cockerel ( Buff Father over light Sussex Mother), not realising that he wasn't pure! Well now I have him, I'm curious to experiment. Can anyone tell me please what the offspring of the following would look like: This...

I have 1 rooster, 3 cockerels, and 16 hens. I was wondering if there was a way to keep all the rooster and cockerels. I know I don’t want to keep all of them with my hens. Is there some other way to keep them? The cockerels are currently to young to bother my rooster but I know that they will...

I adore my boys. They're good to my hens, they're respectful of my space. So. ... let's see your boys doing what they do best, crowing!! This is my 4 month old black copper marans, Giovanni, who just found his voice 2 days ago!

Hello, I live in Australia and I am wanting to rehome my two double silver laced barnevelder and possibly Plymouth Rock cockerels. If interested please reply!

I have some questions about cockerel signs and behaviors. I’ve raised 7 chicks (all supposed to be females) and of those 7, 4 are either confirmed or suspected cockerels!! Feeling pretty frustrated as we can’t keep cockerels and this statistic is way off the 90% we were quoted. 1) a red comb...

I have a fully grown rooster with a flock of about 27 hens. One of the hens went went broody a while back. She only hatched on hatched one chick, and he was a boy. He is feathered now and I'm afraid he will try to crow. Will my rooster kill him if he does?!

Hi All I have been keeping chickens for about a year, when we bought a little farm. We have Icelandic chickens, which are quite flighty and independent, but that is something I like about them. At this time, I have about 40 birds -- 3 roosters and 16 hens that are 1.5-2 years old; the rest...

Hi everyone! Well, it's a few weeks later and my pullets and cockerels are all about 13 weeks old now. We hatched 4 black star pullets and 6 cockerels. (Yikes!) But I just LOVE how at least two of my cockerels are turning out....they almost look like Cream Legbars. They have these beautiful...