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You also have to factor in the whether or not you are dealing with an immature/young cockerel, or a mature rooster. Two very different animals. And the individual temperaments. Some boys are really rough and overzealous. With them, it doesn't matter what the circumstances are, they will have a...

Roosters in the flock do not affect laying, provided there is ample room, and plenty of hens. If you are short on either, they can be a major source of stress. Sounds like you don't have enough room to keep a rooster if the hens. As for the egg count going down when a rooster is introduced to a...

Actually, no. Small flock keepers cannot produce eggs for less than what the organic store eggs do. You are dealing with 30 birds. They have flocks that number into the thousands. Yes, the organic farms have huge flocks. Even free range farms have huge flocks. In fact, free range just means that...

Don't block off bushes. They need them for cover.

Free feed. My flock of 24 goes through about 10 pounds a day. I do have teenage cockerels and pullets that are getting close to laying, so that is the big factor right now. Those ones eat tons. Treats are exciting. That is normal.