Roosters or Hens

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Finding Fifth

Finding Fifth

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7 Years
Jan 21, 2013
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Last Friday we bought two new juvenile chickens and now I am fairly sure that one of them (the Lohman red) is a rooster. Neither of them have integrated into our existing flock of 4 (3 hens and a rooster), but this one especially is chased away by the others and seems pretty flighty and even a bit cheeky. He has hug feet and long legs and is just as tall as the other rooster. He also does this flapping of the wings like our rooster and does not seem to waddle when he walks - more like strides around. Also he has pretty and long feathers on his neck and tail.

We can take him back if he is a rooster...but wanted to ask if it is possible to keep two roosters in the one flock. Our main rooster is a lovely chap. I want the flock to be happy. I;d rather have one rooster and five hens though.

Let me know your opinion on either of these sexes.

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Thanks for taking a look. Opinions please.
 
Hey funny but here in Australia a roo is a kangaroo! Thank you for confirming what I suspected.
 
Just for fun,I thought you might like to know where the name "kangaroo" came from. When the first white people in Australia saw the kangaroo for the first time they wanted to ask the Abo people "What is that?"......the Abo people replied that they did not understand the question by replying in their own language....."Kangaroo",,,,,Which litterally meant, "I do not understand"...and a new English word was born!
 
I need to amend my last post with a quote from wiki........
A common myth about the kangaroo's English name is that "kangaroo" was a Guugu Yimithirr phrase for "I don't understand you."[11] According to this legend, Lieutenant Cook and naturalist Sir Joseph Banks were exploring the area when they happened upon the animal. They asked a nearby local what the creatures were called. The local responded "Kangaroo", meaning "I don't understand you", which Cook took to be the name of the creature. The Kangaroo myth was debunked in the 1970s by linguist John B. Haviland in his research with the Guugu Yimithirr people.[12]
 
Roosevelt was returned to the chicken breeder and we replaced him with an Acona and a Light Sussex X Lohman brown.
 

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