Luckily, we're an adult only household. And I think you're right from everything I've read about roosters. I'll probably keep the most docile one and let the girls raise their own rooster.
He seems like he's not all there. But I don't see a problem with giving him a chance. And I have seen other people posting about how their bantams are top hen or top rooster. Thank you for the suggestion.
I've been thinking about this since you posted earlier and I agree. Discussing it with the rest of the house, it seems best to give CharBleu back to the farm we got him from or process two birds.
I mean. He's fine with people, nice to the ladies and is only 11 weeks old. It feels early to call him a lost cause. We've only had him a month.
BUT, if I were to incubate some eggs and raise another rooster, how would that go with the ladies when I introduce him? Or should I wait till one is...
We had another younger girl basically scalp herself escaping from the brooder. It took a few weeks for her to heal back up. She's fine now, so we'll likely do the same for Yellow before we process him.
In what case would you process both?
Other than spraying him down with vetericyn, is there anything I can do to mitigate infection till he heals? Seems cruel to kill him while he's injured.
Ah man, don't tell me that. Even if Yellow is a lost cause and we have to eat him, I'd like William to live because he's pretty. CharBleu doesn't bother William and William doesn't have any girls anyways.
Hello, I am fully admitting that this is probably my fault. This is long because I think background is important. TLDR at the bottom.
This is our first time with chickens. We have 3 roosters. William, Yellow, and CharBleu. William is a mille fluer bantam, Yellow is some kind of meat bird...
Hello! I live in a house with my fiance and twin sister. I'm the researcher, so I run the accounts and start projects (my fiance is better at finishing them lol). But don't be confused since I use "we" a lot to refer to us as a group.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get...
This happened to me too!! We got a chicken labeled White Leghorn back in April. She's 9 weeks old now and looks like those pics. She doesn't seem to have too much trouble moving, but can't seem to perch like everyone else, preferring to be on the ground cuddling the smaller birds.