So what ended up happening
I placed the Delaware roo
I consolidated the 2Delaware pullets 4 months old with the 2 Barnevelders (roo and pullet) 12 weeks old and Cream Legbar pullet 11weeks old
They are in one cage together and the 4 21 week olds (Cream Legbar roo and 2 pullets and 1 Barnevelder...
right now I have just the one tractor coop and have 3 4x4' pens IN the house LOL I rotate the groups through the tractor coop, different group each day. It is getting old having a rooster crowing in the house let me tell you but once the LL told us the house was going on the market we did not...
I have lumber for one coop but have not built it yet as it is easier to move lumber than a coop. I do have one portable tractor coop the oldest birds are out in during the day and bring them in at night. It is not remotely predator proof and the bears would have it flat in a night
I have not...
the original plan was 1 roo per breed, each breed in their own coop so 4 Cream Legbars, 3 Barnevelders and 3 Delawares each in their own coop.
We will be selling chicks and hatching eggs next spring, so they need to be separated to be producing purebred eggs/chicks
keeping them together is...
I have 3 groups of birds. 4.5 months, 3 months and 2 months
Group 1 is 1 Cream Legbar Roo and 3 pullets (2 legbar, 1 Barnevelder)
Group 2 is 1 Delaware Roo and 2 pullets (Delaware)
Group 3 is 2 roos (Barnevelder and Cream Legbar) , 2 pullets (1 Legbar, 1 Barnevelder) I am trying to rehome the...