Oh and yeah got the whole flock as a group. the only ones that were missing is that someone already took her easter Eggers / Americanas. But out of this group I have at least 1 olive egger. Cause I am getting an olive colored egg each day.
I am expecting my second attempt of using an incubator Feb 24. My first attempt did not turn out well. 1 chick out of 12 and then it drowned. 4 others died in the shell. 7 did not appear to be fertilized. But those were from a lady that had 1 rooster for 12 hens.
Update, I yesterday I...
I am hand feeding him meal worms, and he does come to me when I call him and the others. The times he has attacked me is the first time day I got him and walked into the coop to check water and feed. The second time was when I was trying to herd them all back into the fenced in area and used...
Not new to chickens. Have had roosters before but I raised them and they were very friendly only occasionally showing aggression. But since I lived in town, once they got big enough they got cooked.
The 3 younger roosters are about 2 years old. All very big and all with what seems to be...
Nope no children - they are grown and gone. I have kicked him but it just gets him more agressive. maybe I didn't kick him hard enough. Luckily he is to big to really jump that high.
From what I have seen he is the only rooster that mates with the hens. The other roosters mostly stand guard at the outskirts of the flock. If some hens stray away 1 rooster will follow. He is only aggressive towards me if I try to heard the hens into the cage or reach down to examine a hen...
I got a flock of 10 birds free because someone was moving. one of the roosters is rather aggressive. He attacks me if I get too close to the hens unless I have food and those spurs don't feel good. He is pure black copper marans, with feathered legs. He is also the father of the other 3...