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It took a long time. I separated 6 I was suspicious of at 12-15 weeks. I figured it would be easier to put a pullet back as opposed to being wrong and putting a cockerel in with the cockerels. I ended up being right about all 6, but it took a while before I was sure!

I'm not sure if I'm going to leave him or not. I'm getting about 15 Marans this spring. I'll keep one of those Roos and all the hens. I have one pretty big pen and two smaller ones. I'm just not sure. If it all works out, I may grow out the AM off spring cockerels and the Marans. Then keep one...

That's not a bad idea. I had 6 cockerels grew out all together. They stayed in a separate pen all together until I decided which one to keep. I separated the cockerels as soon as could tell them apart from the pullets (they are ameraucanas and took a long time) and then integrated the pullets...

I have a flock of 14 hens and one roo. Right now the rooster is separate. I want to hatch eggs from 4 specific hens. I'm not sure which eggs belong to those hens. My question is can I put the four hens with the roo until I gather enough eggs? It would be a 4:1 hen rooster ratio temporarily. Is...