We have a flock of 30 hens (various breeds), a Silkie rooster and we had a RIR Rooster (Craig). Craig became VERY aggressive so he had to go. We still have the Silkie Rooster and he's very happy to be king of the roost.
Note: no change in feed or housing. We do however have a new chicken run...
We're raising our first crop of chickens this year. We live in NE Indiana and have about 35 layers of various breeds and 2 roosters - a RIR and a Frizzy. All of the chickens are approx. 6 to 9 months old. We bought and raised about 1/2 of them from chicks, bought 5 which were the same age from...