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We have concluded our one year old Light Brahma rooster is over breeding our 6 hens, so have decided to get rid of him. We live near Champaign, IL. Any takers? We'd rather not see him be butchered, he's very protective of the flock.

1 rooster to 6 hens

What exactly does that mean? The rooster breeding them too often?

My wife noticed 3 of our hens, a buff and 2 barred rocks are loosing feathers on their back, just behind where their neck meets the main body, if you can imagine the part of their back that is sort of horizontal when they are walking, near the neck though. Inspected one of them and got this...

Based on the coop and run size, and using the highest SF per bird design factor, we reduced the flock to 6 hens and 1 rooster since we occassionally. Leave them in the run all day. Not sure if it was coincidence or not, but rooster's neck feathers came back. I actually think they were coming...

We have a flock of 6 hens and a rooster, 2 light brahma's, 1 hen, 1 rooster. The hen has a nasty looking butt. When I went out to take a picture, she pooped, so pic of it too. None of the others have this issue.

Well I see where the SF estimates vary from source to source, but these two I quoted were actually from backyard chicken design criteria websites, not commercial websites.

or this? Coop size and shape. Each chicken needs at least 2 square feet of indoor space, or 3-6 square feet in an outdoor run. For example, for indoor chickens, you should multiply the number of chickens by 2 to get the minimum square footage.

So this is not accurate? Minimum Space Requirements for Poultry Type of Poultry Bird Sq Ft / Inside Coop Sq Ft / Outside in a Run Bantam Chickens Layer Hens Large Chickens Quail Pheasants Ducks Geese 1 1.5-2 2 1 5 3 6 4 8 10 4 25 15 18

Sorry, 3 barred rock hens, 3 buff orpington hens, 2 light brahma hens and 1 light brahma rooster

We have only 9 birds. They free range all day in a 1/4 acre fenced in yard.

they have a 4' X 12' run with an elevated 4' x 5' shelter (they can walk under it).

I would attach a picture if I could figure out how to do that. When i click on the attachment icon, I get a "you don't have permission" message.

Crap, I made a typo in original post. "We see NO parasites" is what I meant to say. We are new to backyard chickens, so apparently not experts on what they are called vs their age.. They are in a 5' X 12' run when not in the 1/4 acre yard.

Thanks, the flock is approaching 20 weeks old, we are still feeding organic starter feed. I assume non-chick starter feed would have more protein? Also why would they only be eating the rooster's feathers?

Thanks for the reply. They free range in a 1/4 acre back yard during the day and the coop run floor is about 3" of fill sand, not fine play sand.

New to the forum, new to chickens for that matter. We have 8 hens, 3 barred rocks, 3 buff orpingtons, 2 white bramas and a white brama rooster. Rec'd the chicks 4/27 and have had a great experience so far.

Hi, we have a flock of 9 hens and one rooster, the white brama rooster has recently started loosing his neck feathers. We inspected and see parasites. Could this be molting? I do see new feathers starting in this area. Any thoughts?