Current cockerel (hatched June '22) is with 19 hens/pullets. I will hatch in June for laying pullets come January '24.
Flex space will be an 8' by 8' by 6' cage under cover; can sub-divide to two 8' by 4' by 6'.
If one has the coop/cage flexibility is it better to keep the rooster with the hens or separate in a bachelor pad?
Better:
hen's condition & social order
reduced aggression, control thereof
other?
Plan is to breed annually, 6 month old males will fill the freezer.