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If you'll stick to autosexing breeds and sex links you can identify the cockerels earlier which will give you more time to find them homes. Most people are forced to process them because they have more cockerels than they know what to do with.

Unless you're ready for all the cockerels the hens will hatch I wouldn't keep a rooster in my flock period. You can always buy sexed chicks .

Yes you are correct! My cockerels stay in the main run in separate cages at night until I release the main flock to free range around 8-10 am. They were only separated from the pullets this week to prevent abuse but the tractor isn't their permanent home. Bachelor pads with mature roosters...

1-3 Cockerels could stay in a chicken tractor this size.

One of my cockerels started crowing 2 weeks ago and harassing my pullets so I moved both of them out before it got worse. For now they're in separate cages until I can gradually release them into my flock of 5 older hens(3 older pullets)I'm hoping cutting their flight feathers will keep them in...

I've ordered sexed chicks for years and don't have a rooster in my flock. I had to order two in my last batch of pullet chicks. (My tractor supply didn't have any cockerels last fall)

I may release my 2 cockerels (crested cream legbars) in my flock of 8 hens rather than keep them separated (2 cages) Hoping they'll be so busy running from the hens they won't have time to fight each other.They roost side by side a lot and never far apart.They get along well. One is missing some...

I have 2 cockerels that integrated 8 weeks (divided by wire from the flock)but they're too young to free range in an open fenced yard . They started harassing my pullets and have separate wire crates now .They'll be released in a few weeks but the pullets won't be released until they start...

My neighbor tried raising chickens this way but lost them all.

My advise is keep a rooster to protect your flock and fertilize their eggs .Thats all you need. Some keep extra cockerels in bachelor pads because good homes are hard to come by. The problem is you'll run out of room for extra roosters when you raise baby chicks. You can raise the hens in one...