Hello everyone, we're facing a crisis here at the Taylor Glade, and I'd like to share the situation with you. You can read more about it on this post, but In short, in March, we purchased 10 vent-sexed Australorp hens, but unfortunately, it turns out that 8 of them are actually roosters. So, we ended up with 8 roosters and only 2 hens. The plan is to keep one rooster, named Prince, who gets along well with our Ameracauna rooster, Other Roo.
However, there's a concern: we currently have only 3 hens (2 Australorps and 1 Ameracauna), and they're reaching maturity. Clearly, this is not enough hens for even one rooster, let alone two. We do have more biddies, but they are too young for breeding and are still in the brooder.
I've heard some people deal with this situation by separating the roosters into a bachelor pad. The challenge is that Prince is the dominant rooster and separating him might lead to pecking order issues when reintegrating him later. Moreover, we have a Cream Legbar rooster among the babies in the coop, and it's not possible to put him in with two fully grown roosters.
In addition to Prince and Other Roo, our flock consists of 11 Cream Legbars in the brooder, and we're expecting 17 more vent-sexed Australorp biddies on Wednesday. Hopefully, this time, we'll have better luck with the genders.
If anyone has advice or suggestions on how to handle this situation, it would be greatly appreciated. The current state has disrupted our coop dynamics, and I'm not particularly pleased with the seller at the moment.
However, there's a concern: we currently have only 3 hens (2 Australorps and 1 Ameracauna), and they're reaching maturity. Clearly, this is not enough hens for even one rooster, let alone two. We do have more biddies, but they are too young for breeding and are still in the brooder.
I've heard some people deal with this situation by separating the roosters into a bachelor pad. The challenge is that Prince is the dominant rooster and separating him might lead to pecking order issues when reintegrating him later. Moreover, we have a Cream Legbar rooster among the babies in the coop, and it's not possible to put him in with two fully grown roosters.
In addition to Prince and Other Roo, our flock consists of 11 Cream Legbars in the brooder, and we're expecting 17 more vent-sexed Australorp biddies on Wednesday. Hopefully, this time, we'll have better luck with the genders.
If anyone has advice or suggestions on how to handle this situation, it would be greatly appreciated. The current state has disrupted our coop dynamics, and I'm not particularly pleased with the seller at the moment.