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    Young Cockerel question

    They were the same age. As soon as the males reached full sexual maturity, the assaults started and never let up. I agree, it was more me than the girls, but they looked awful. Said I would never have another male.
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    Young Cockerel question

    What age do you recommend?
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    Young Cockerel question

    What is the best age for size and tenderness? Funny but true story, when we were young and dumb we harvested some hens who had been free-ranging for several years. Toughest birds I ever ate!
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    Young Cockerel question

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    Young Cockerel question

    Our last cockerels had our girls featherless across the back and butt. Boys would pull them down, breed them then pullout feathers 🪶.
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    Young Cockerel question

    Pics, we are talking about the black and white. These are Easter Eggers, so hybrids of different varieties. You can see the plumes he is getting See below...
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    Young Cockerel question

    I'll try to get a picture. I am not as sure as the husband. He was going mostly by size and behavior. The comb is more developed than the pullets but not very large yet. It looks like there may be some spur buds.
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    Young Cockerel question

    Hi, admittedly, I am still a novice, though we have had this flock for several years. I was under the impression that if you want to raise them for meat, you need to butcher fairly young, when they get big enough, but haven't gotten tough.
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    Young Cockerel question

    My experiences with cockerels have not been positive. We have had to re-home or execute a couple in the past. I recently ordered 10 new pullets to add to my dwindling and aging flock. These pullets are now about 13 weeks old. Two of them are much bigger and acting very aggressive toward one...
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    Feather loss in saddle area

    Thanks for the information! I'm happy to know that they should grow back after the molt. I'm pretty sure the roo is molting. we are down south in Oklahoma. Much warmer here. He has tons of new pin feathers all over breast, back and bottom. A couple months ago his feathers were gorgeous, while...
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    Feather loss in saddle area

    We accidentally got two roosters with our chicks last year. The entire flock is now about 1year of age. Over the fall and winter one rooster became dominant and was really aggressive in his mating behaviors. Next thing we knew, most of our hens had heavy loss of feathers in the saddle region...
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    Egg material without shell or membrane

    Thanks Aart! I'll bet this is my explanation! These girls just started laying in mid-September.
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    Egg material without shell or membrane

    I guess it's possible they ate it. We gather eggs several times per day, so wasn't out there long. I'm sure it wasn't soaked into bedding. The hens had hollowed out most of that, so that the two eggs and this bit of egg white were right on the bottom boards. One more question: if it was a soft...
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    Egg material without shell or membrane

    Thanks for the suggestions. Pool is saltwater, so not so much chlorine. Our hair and body never smell of chlorine. Plus snatch the bugs up quickly, so probably not a big issue. We will add the oyster shell and cut back on the scraps, bugs and scratch. So far this is a one-off. And it wasn't...
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    Egg material without shell or membrane

    My young hens, roughly 6 months old are laying regularly now. Today when I went out I found two eggs lying in a little pool of egg whites (maybe a tiny bit of yolk). Initially I thought an egg had been dropped onto the bottom of the next box and broken. The girls tend to hollow out a place...
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