Ok which one of you is the ROOSTER!?

Lanae203 said:

This morning (early morning) I heard a rooster crow. It woke me up and I thought "that rooster sounds awful close to our house." Then it hit me. Oh no! We have a rooster! It was a really odd sounding rooster crow. Sort of like he's still developing it. But I can't tell which one is the rooster. How do I tell w/out catching him in the act of crowing? Then my second question is, what do I do with him? I wouldn't mind hatching chicks next spring but do I keep him in w/ the hens now? Do I need to separate him? Should I find him a new home? Will he be mean to my hens? What if he and the other Americauna are siblings? Does that matter? Will he fertilize eggs and does that affect the ones we want to eat? I've attached a couple photos here. I think it's one of the Americaunas (sp?) but the only difference I see in them is a slight one w/ their tail feathers. Any insight would be great. Thank you!

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Gray Farms said:

Keep them if you want, don't if you don't. Yes you can keep them with the hens. No you don't have to separate them. Sibling roosters generally get along very well with each other. They rarely "mean" to hens, but will start breeding them in a few months. Its doesn't matter that they are siblings with the hens, you won't get mutant chicks. Only with many, many, many generations of inbreeding will you start running into trouble. Yes they will fertilize the eggs. No it won't hurt you to eat them. If you pick eggs daily or even every other day you won't be able to notice they are fertilized. Chicks will only develop if fertile eggs are incubated.

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