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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    Thank you so much everyone for all the great information. I may actually move them because I actually went in tonight to go and make sure their water was clean before they went to bed and I found them all huddle together (NOT under the heating plate anymore). They are actually sleeping next to...
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    our nighttime lows are in the mid 70s, our daytime highs are in the upper 80s/low 90s. I live in the piedmont area of NC.
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    They are 2 weeks
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    Thank you for the advice. We agree that he needs to be out in his coop. We are cleaning it up today and hopefully getting him out there either today or tomorrow. The pullets can go out too? They don’t need the heating plate anymore? I don’t know if they are big enough to get up the ladder into...
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    No worries, again thank you so much for your help! Yes, I have his dog crate next to their brooder (it’s on of those pop up brooders that has mesh on the sides). So I have the mesh opening facing his crate so he can see and hear them and they see and hear him. Here’s the picture of their setup
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    Thank you for the advice! Since he’s going to move out to the coop first, should I have him in the big coop and have the girls join him? Or should I have him in his coop and then join him with the girls? I’m not sure how long to keep him inside in the dog kennel as I don’t want him to be lonely...
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    Thank you so much for this and the article. It has given me the best information about roosters I could find.
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    Hopefully he is a nice gentleman and doesn’t attack the hens or my family. The hatchery I got the chicks from said they would take back any chick that ended up being a rooster. Hopefully they all stay pullets and I don’t end up with another cockerel!
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    The hatchery I got the cockerel from she said she has only been breading with calm rooster as aggression can be genetic and she did not want an aggressive rooster for her children or hens. His father was very calm and you could go up and pet him. We know he’s not a pet, I just didn’t want him to...
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    First time chicken owner mistake; I should have researched the sexual maturity of the chickens. So should I just keep him separate until the pullets are older, 16 weeks? Would I just keep him by himself in his own coop with his run? Could I try supervised visits and see how he does?
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    Here is their setup right now
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    No I just have the 12 little girls and him. I had not planned it this way but my mail order rooster chick didn’t happen (not enough hatchlings) and I found a local hatchery that had some young roosters so I got him.
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    I had heard it will help keep him less aggressive? Thankfully he is really sweet right now (loves sleeping on my 8 year old daughter’s lap). I really want to keep him that way.
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    Rooster and hens together or separate coops at night?

    Hello everyone! First time chicken owner. I have 12 10 day old female chicks and 1 6 week old rooster. Right now I have all the girls in their own brooder and I have the rooster in a large dog crate, all in my spare bedroom. I am thinking I am going to have to move the rooster to the coop sooner...
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    All 11 one week old chicks are picking on a runty one

    Sorry, for some reason I didn’t get notifications of the other messages/suggestions. Thankfully they stopped and she and her sister are doing great! Guess she just needed a little time and confidence to stand up them
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