manage my flock

  1. hollandaisehoney

    Too Many Cockerels - Reorg Timeline

    I currently have five, 11-week old chickens outside in a coop. 2/5 of these chickens are confirmed cockerels and will be culled next week. I’m concerned that out of the remaining 3 chickens, two more are cockerels 🥲. The breed is just developing slower. Obviously, our one pullet shouldn’t be...
  2. Syidan96

    I'm planning on putting my roosters for rotation, for which one gets to mate with mixed hens, depending on hen laying. Is this a good idea?

    So, i have a plan, to make hybrids and purebreds, by rotating on which roosters will breed with other hens, and I'm planning to change them once the hens finished incubating their eggs. I'll isolate the hatchlings in the brood box alongside the ones i incubated in my automatic incubator. And...
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  3. D

    Help with managing my flock.

    I have a small flock of chickens totaling 11 (with 9 hens and 2 roosters). I started with 6 chickens - 1 rooster and 5 hens. There are 9 adults and 2 pullets. The two runs are perfect as I have separated all of the adults in one coop and run, and then placed the 2 small teenagers in the second...
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