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I don't separate either but the ones to worry about in my experience are not the roosters. When we have juveniles free ranging who get close to the older chickens, it's the hens that chase after them, and I saw a rooster actually scolding the hen that I last saw do this. She kept her eye on...

6-8 week old silkie chicks used to free-ranging with their moms suddenly free-ranging by themselves is not only a funny site, but a dangerous one. Our two silkie roosters actually hung out with them from time to time and our dogs look out for them too. A clutch of 12 became 11 though once...

We have silkies that are often broody, but I discovered a few were faking it. I gave up on letting them be moms, though. They do make great moms but every time I wind up with 6-8 week-old chicks that got abandoned, and there was mom, back in the coop being broody again. The only time one...