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That makes good sense. So it seems to be better to introduce an older hen since it probably can stand for itself better. Also does age dictate the pecking order?

He found a good home just now!

You guys are masters! The cockerel started crowing about a week after I wrote this post. At 1st it was bearable since he started crowing not so loud and at 8am. But within a week he crowed starting at 6am then at 7am then throughout the day! We had to get rid of him... kind of sad :(

We had 4 chickens since they were 3 weeks old. One finally started crowing so we had to get rid of him :( We were all sad to see him go! We wanted to add a new hen to our flock and found one we like but she is 1yr old. Will introducing an older 1yr old hen to a 3 5 month old hens pose any...

If its a rooster, you can have him for gree

We have a great looking health rooster that is 4 months old that we are giving away for free. We are not allowed to have roosters in our neighborhood so he has to go. Let me know if you are interested and live in san diego/la mesa area!

That makes sense, thanks! I also don't even know what breed the 3 non amercauna chickens are. We got them from my sons school and they didnt even know. Are they Rhode Island?

So do hens have tail feathers? See the Amercauna has a few long tail feathers. Not as long and curved as the rooster looking one but its there. One of my hens has no tail feather just a rounded bum.

Here are the other chickens. Do you guys think the rest are hens?

Im new to this forum and wanted to introduce my chickens. I have 3 chickens that were from my sons school that we have had since they were 3 weeks old. They are now 4 months old. I also picked up an amercauna that is about 3 months old. We dedicated a portion of our yard for the chickens and...

Im new to owning chickens. My kids school hatched 3 eggs and they needed someone to take them so we did. Wasnt sure we would like it but its been great so far. Its been about 4 months and one of my chickens look distinctly rooster like. This guy is definitely the alpha and has a comb and waddle...