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post #21 of 109
8/7/12 at 6:46am
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My roosters might be a little higher in testosterone here, but they start mating as early as 14 weeks! Just caught one the other day. And one rooster for 5 hens is probably not a good ratio. I understand the recommended ratio is 1 rooster for 10 hens. I would agree. I had 9 hens in one coop/run, and two roosters was too much. The younger (more aggressive one) is currently separated from the rest to give the poor overworked, barebacked hens a break and a chance to grow their feathers back before winter.
 

okay thank you!

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post #22 of 109
8/14/12 at 4:25am
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If my buff orpington is a rooster, would he be getting hackle and saddle feathers yet, or should i wait for a moult to start looking for them?

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post #23 of 109
8/14/12 at 8:02am

around 3 months you should start really seeing them

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post #24 of 109
8/14/12 at 8:19am
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ok thank you

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post #25 of 109
8/14/12 at 8:20am
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will he be crowing by then?

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post #26 of 109
8/14/12 at 8:27am
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here "she" is at 5 wks:

 

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post #27 of 109
8/22/12 at 5:22am
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here's 6 weeks:

 

 

 

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post #28 of 109
8/22/12 at 7:19am

Hmmm, I have one buff orp rooster and three hens. At 6 weeks that chick looks more like my hens. Could be wrong but I knew the difference between my rooster and hens early on (feather sexing was right on for me, I did it at 2-3 days old though, at this point it wouldn't work). My rooster had a different body shape and was pretty red by 6 weeks. He started crowing around 16-17 weeks and he crows starting about 5am and on and off throughout the day. We live on just under 2 acres and my neighbors do say they can hear him, but they also say it doesn't bother them. I concur with the better than a yippy dog comparison ;)  He's never actually woken me up but if I am up about 5am I can hear him.

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post #29 of 109
8/22/12 at 3:05pm
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Hmmm, I have one buff orp rooster and three hens. At 6 weeks that chick looks more like my hens. Could be wrong but I knew the difference between my rooster and hens early on (feather sexing was right on for me, I did it at 2-3 days old though, at this point it wouldn't work). My rooster had a different body shape and was pretty red by 6 weeks. He started crowing around 16-17 weeks and he crows starting about 5am and on and off throughout the day. We live on just under 2 acres and my neighbors do say they can hear him, but they also say it doesn't bother them. I concur with the better than a yippy dog comparison ;)  He's never actually woken me up but if I am up about 5am I can hear him.

really! yay! thanks!celebrate.gif i hope so much he/she is a pullet!!

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post #30 of 109
8/22/12 at 3:19pm

looks like a pullet. if you start to see that the chick is becoming 2 toned then it is a cockerel 

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