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Probably not, but I’m not sure how geese and roosters get along. If the geese were adults I don’t think there would be a problem, but I would be careful putting them in there when they’re very young.

If your chickens are for meat/eggs only, there really is no benefit. Though I have heard that people will separate their grow out meat cockerels into bachelor pads before butchering them to keep the pressure off the hens.

I just added some new information to the rooster flock article, and I’d like to add some more. Do any of you have any ideas? I can’t go into detail about things I don’t have personal experience with, but if there’s info someone thinks I should add, I can put it on the questions and answers...

It sounds like you’ll be fine. I’ve had success with pairs of roosters, but that has unfortunately not always been the case for others.

Be careful if you plan to take three roosters out of a flock of five- bachelor flocks of two have a harder time working out the pecking order. It does depend on the roosters’ personalities, of course.

Good luck with your eventual flock, if it ends up happening. :)

Agreed. Or, if you can’t do that, separate the pullet once she’s ready to be integrated in with your older hens.

Chester was a game mix. I rescued him from a parking lot, he was a great roo. I lost him to a predator attack along with most of my roosters about a year ago. Oh, wow, I’m glad they’re ok. A couple of my roos (including Chester) lost spurs in a fight. They weren’t injured otherwise, though...

As I said in the other thread, they’re definitely handsome! My last bachelor pad was one with roos from all different places (they were rescues). It’s a bit more of a challenge. A big pen is helpful (I had to split that flock into two smaller ones because the pen I had wasn’t big enough for...

I’m so sorry for your loss @MickWithChicks. I still miss my aggressive roos. After knowing them for a long time, it’s hard when they’re gone, even the angry boys. Can you lock them in their coop? I’d think that would be the safest option.

There’s a lot of informational posts in those threads. Do you have any tips about bachelor flocks you’d like to share? I’m sorry you had to deal with that. :hmm My two flocks that had two roos each had an obvious leader and an obvious subordinate, and both leaders were very tolerant of the...

I’ve read on some other articles (not on byc) that roos do a lot better in bachelor flocks of three rather than two. Because then it evens out the pecking order. Has anyone noticed that? I used to have a couple of flocks of two roos and they seemed to work out well but mostly I had bigger flocks.

I'm sorry. It's always hard to lose them. :hugs

That's surprisingly! How do you know? Does she keep him in line? :lol:

Nice roos! I'm guessing the big one is the boss? :lol: He's lovely! That's great that you took him in. :) He really ignores the other roos? That's surprising, considering his background.

Pretty roos you have. Do you keep them for breeding or as pets?

Thank you. Yeah, I can't stand to lose any more chickens, so I'm not going to get any new ones until my current hens die of old age.

Most of my roos got taken in a predator attack a few weeks ago, which was really horrible for me because I think of them as pets. :( To make things worst, I can't hatch or rescue any more roos since I'm pretty sure I have Marek's in my flock. My last roo is dying, probably due to Marek's. Though...

Handsome boys!

Doesn't sound like it matters which one you choose. Just keep the ones you like best.