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tlynns
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- Dec 5, 2015
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This is great advice! I will do my best to keep them until adulthood for sure! Thankfully all of them seem healthy, but I keep an eye out for anything unusual. And thanks for the tip about keeping them all together to teach them manners... I was getting a little worried as they were already starting typical rooster behavior like charging each other, etc. so I was hoping to rehome the ones we don't want sooner rather than later. Thanks!I don't really have a preference based on looks. Look for a cockerel that is calm about things, not aggressive towards people, and has good body substance. You want wide set legs, a flat back, alert eyes, and hardiness. If there's one that sits around all day in cold weather, you don't want that one. If there's one that has a runny nose or sounds odd, you don't want that one. If you can wait for what they're like as adults, choose one that is gentle with the hens and dances for them. Don't select for this as cockerels---they're all rubbish until maturity. Raising them all together will help 'train' them into appropriate power dynamics between them and other birds and even humans.
I would certainly be happy if it was a hen! But I don't think thats the case... he already thinks that he is top roo!I would go with one of the polish and number 5, the buff silkie, also, I think number 6 is a hen... I like the golden laced polish the best, but you may not want to keep 2 with the buff...