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It's extra sad if the rooster was nice and then all of a sudden turns mean. There's more to explain to the kid - that she didn't do anything wrong to anger him, that he doesn't hate her, that he's not a "bad" chicken all of a sudden. It's natural, but hard to explain. And he can really break...

My kids were 4 and 6 when we butchered our first. I was even younger myself back in my day, we always had chickens for meat as well as for eggs. Kids can learn and get used to anything 😁 It’s good for them to know where their food comes from. Those chicken fingers on their plate don’t grow on...

Well, depends on what your plans and preferences are. Do you intend to keep any of them? Are you comfortable with the idea of processing and eating them? You could try finding new homes for them, but that's always a challenge. Always more unwanted roosters than people willing to take them. So...

Watch them closely and be ready to remove troublemakers. This is the age when the males start getting cocky and territorial. I tried to merge two groups of 4-week-old chicks this past spring (Orps and barnyard mixes) and all the males wanted to do was kill each other :he Which was hilarious...