introduce new rooster

For context:::: I haven’t had my flock long, but it started when I was gifted a curly toed hen who was bullied out of her previous flock from a friend. She’s about 40wks now. Around 20ish weeks I added 4 pullets (7wks) to have her some company. 9 weeks ago I picked up 15 more chicks. 13 made...

What are your thoughts/opinions on bringing in 2 roosters into my flock of only 3 girls for a couple weeks? I have a friend who is moving and needs to put their roosters somewhere for a bit but my concern is 1. I don’t want fertilized eggs 2. I’ve never had a rooster let alone two and my girls...

Hello We recently gained a cockerel after a neighbour found him on a dog walk. We separated the cock from chickens before introducing him overnight after a week of them being separated by a netting so they could see each other but not get to. The day after introducing them, the cock had black...

Hi! My situation is a little complicated right now but here's the gist of it- Three EE hens A 10-week-old Australorp pullet A 10-week-old BO cockerel We've been raising the groups in two separate coops and allowing the adults to free range, and recently we've been attempting to get the groups...

Hi all, first post. I am chicken-sitting for a friend who is away (and out of contact) for another week. I’ve managed to get through one thunderstorm and two of the hottest days of the year, but tonight/tomorrow/Tuesday are supposed to continue raining. I have two sets of chickens. 6 laying...

Back story: I’m a pretty new chicken mom. I’ve had my first flock of chickens for a little over a year now. I started with 8, but then had two roosters that needed to be re-homed and then lost two to dogs. I was given 4 chickens who were about a month old in April. I have now been trying for...

At the end of last summer, we bought chicks and ended up with two turken roosters in the mix. One stayed here with us, and has been a relatively quiet boy, with his fellow flock of 9 hens. The other rooster went to live with the person we had split the hatch with. Today she decided he's too much...

I'm thinking about adding in an adult Rooster and hen. I have herd lot of people say that they added in the adult chickens even after quarantining them for a month ALL OF THERE original flock got sick and DIED!!!! I previously got 9 week old hens from McMurray Hatchery and they had a raspatory...

Hello everyone. I just signed up on this forum and found it useful so I thought I should post here. Well I bought a new rooster yesterday for my hens. The problem is that he is so scared and doesn't eats anything. The hens get aggressive when he passes by them. I know it will take him some time...