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I've had the same 2 RI White/Delaware cross roosters for almost 4 years. I keep them separated from but still able to watch the girls - if the girls feel like being in that section of their yard. Hugo, the larger of the 2, is calm and sweet tempered. Foggy is (sigh) a bit temperamental...

I got my last batch of chicks from Cackle Hatcheries - ordered 4 Golden Comets and 4 Easter Eggers, got 5 of each. I'd set up a "classroom" in the center of the coop floor a couple of days before the chicks were supposed to arrive. At the hatchery's suggestion I put down a thick cardboard...