The big question that should be considered now, before you even get a rooster is: What is plan B if he does not work out?
So if you can cull a rooster or two or three... then go with chicks and raise them up. I culling a bird that you have raised by hand would be difficult for you, I think you would have better luck with a rooster that is so darn nice, he has gotten the Bye.
Cockerels and Roosters are just the luck of the draw. A crap shoot.
Mrs K
- some are human aggressive
- some are chicken aggressive and abusive toward hens
- some will fight other cockerels.
So if you can cull a rooster or two or three... then go with chicks and raise them up. I culling a bird that you have raised by hand would be difficult for you, I think you would have better luck with a rooster that is so darn nice, he has gotten the Bye.
Cockerels and Roosters are just the luck of the draw. A crap shoot.
Mrs K