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    To keep two roosters or not?

    Haha, thanks for the heads up. I said it like that just to put it nicely, but he's cleaned and in the fridge now
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    To keep two roosters or not?

    Thanks for all the advice. The younger guy is getting ready for the stove pot today. That's also going to be a first for us. We really didn't have to much drama integrating, and they do all sleep well together sharing the roosts. All the hens squeeze in at the top with the rooster on the lower...
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    To keep two roosters or not?

    Well that all pretty much makes up my mind. Thank you!
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    To keep two roosters or not?

    I appreciate the input. I plan on expanding it as we didn't anticipate having as many as we do. In the meantime they spend a lot of time outside the coop since we spend a good portion of the day watching over them.
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    To keep two roosters or not?

    I think you may be right. Which kind of upsets me, I bought them as chicks from Orscheln. They had both Easter eggers and Americauna chicks labeled for sale, but you're right, the roosters comb doesn't look right, and neither do some of the hens colors. These are the eggs we've been getting
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    To keep two roosters or not?

    First time poster, long time reader. Our family is fairly new at raising chickens and our first flock is raised from two separate batches of chicks we bought, and a rooster. The first batch consists of 1 Rhode island red, 1 buff orpingtons, and 2 americauna hens. They follow around a copper...
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