- Jul 29, 2015
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Ok so before I start I want to say that I am fully aware that I am giving human emotions and thoughts to these chickens lol.
So before I was going to allow all 4 of my young cockerels to free range together as a bachelor group. But then I ended up giving away 2 of the cockerels. And I have the remaining 2 their own little groups. My main cockerel (the one I thought was getting aggressive) is in with my 2 old roosters. My
Other cockerel has about 10 hens to himself in a separate breeding flock.
So my new plan is to allow my older hens that are not laying anymore to free range in retirement. I’m thinking of retiring about 6 in the first group to see how they do. But I know if I take that many hens from the main group it’ll cause problems for the 3 boys that are already bickering. So to my question lol. Should I allow one of my older roosters to go with the retirement flock or should I let the new guy go. My old roo has been in that fenced area for about 5 years now. So I know he is protective of it but I kinda want him to experience the free range life. If I do the cockerel, the retired hens will pick on him. They are bigger than him and he’s already started claiming some of the young hens. I probably shouldn’t be thinking about it this much haha.
So before I was going to allow all 4 of my young cockerels to free range together as a bachelor group. But then I ended up giving away 2 of the cockerels. And I have the remaining 2 their own little groups. My main cockerel (the one I thought was getting aggressive) is in with my 2 old roosters. My
Other cockerel has about 10 hens to himself in a separate breeding flock.
So my new plan is to allow my older hens that are not laying anymore to free range in retirement. I’m thinking of retiring about 6 in the first group to see how they do. But I know if I take that many hens from the main group it’ll cause problems for the 3 boys that are already bickering. So to my question lol. Should I allow one of my older roosters to go with the retirement flock or should I let the new guy go. My old roo has been in that fenced area for about 5 years now. So I know he is protective of it but I kinda want him to experience the free range life. If I do the cockerel, the retired hens will pick on him. They are bigger than him and he’s already started claiming some of the young hens. I probably shouldn’t be thinking about it this much haha.