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I should have noted that the birds will all be confined, so the kids won't be interacting with them, unless supervised. However, I still do want to have a rooster that is reasonably nice. Thank you, everyone, for your advice. Jessi

Yeppers, I'm ordering from a hatchery. Just getting ready to make the order, too, so I'm glad I got on here and read your advice, first. I waas going to order 3 roosters! So I won't order any and will just wait and see what I get Thank you, all ~ Jessi

I don't know that it is too important to me that the eggs are fertilized, I just want all the birds to be happy. And I think roosters are pretty, so I'd like to have a few if it isn't going to cause distress.

We have 4 children, ranging in age from 6 yrs to 5 months. Are there any breeds that are more likely to produce a gentler type of rooster? My little brother was injured as a child by a brown leghorn rooster, so I'm a little wary of roosters around children. Jessi

Anything wrong with keeping one rooster with 25 hens? Anything wrong with keeping 2 roosters with 25 hens (all will be together in one house and coop). My thought is that I will order 2 roosters, but only keep the one I like better. I just want everyone to be happy Jessi

HI fellow Okies! My family and I are located in NW Oklahoma (near Woodward). We haven't got any chickens yet, so have been buying fresh eggs from a neigbor-but we are going to be ordering some chicks soon, so have been learning all we can about chicken keeping (actually we've been reading...

Quote: I actually had wondered about that, because I saw that they were labled as being "flighty". My reason for thinking about getting them was early laying, but maybe I would be better off looking into a different breed. Would it help to handle them daily when they were babies?

I see. Thats good news for me! Thank you for the help.

I'm new to chickens and am planning to order a few layer or dual purpose chicks, soon. Can't decide what breed to get and wondered if it would be okay to get more than one breed? That way I don't have to settle on just one kind Would they get along as chicks? As adults? Right now I'm thinking...

We have just recently moved to our small farm (4 acres) and are excited to finally be able to start raising chickens for eggs and meat! I was raised on a farm and we always had chickens for eggs and raised one batch to butcher each year, so I have been looking forward to this ever since I left...