Also from my experience, 30 meters away, rooster crow is still fairly loud, even with walls and such. 150 meters away, you can still hear them crow, but it's almost nothing, like some soft background noise.
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Not my style.Releasing domestic chickens without shelter or food is no different than dumping them, it’s a shame the laws against animal abandonment are rarely enforced.
We’ve never brought in a rooster to the flock, so I do t have that experience, but I’m sure you are correct bc over the teen hormones.Oof
Oof. That all sounds… rough…
I’ve had better luck with older Roos and younger pullets/hens. When my hens are older they’re less receptive to the young stupid Roos, amorous, behavior. This has led to less wing dancing and more ambush breeding. The older Roos seem more polite with the younger girls.
As for just turning a flock out with the intention of them… going away… I’m pretty utilitarian as far as raising my own food, culling when necessary, etc. but that just seems a bit callous.
Gorgeous running mates! ❤5 Roosters together is no issue, I have a 5 roosters flock on the farm, they have bonded more deeply than my pullets/hens.
Here is a video of them dust bathing together:
Here is a video of them following me around:
Gorgeous running mates! ❤
Aww so nice to see a bunch of roosters playing nice with each other! Everyone in my flock is behaving and being a lot calmer today, I don't know why. Haven't broken up the flock as yet but I am thinking of keeping one rooster and the 4 hens together when I do. That rooster is an outsider with the other boys and the girls seem very comfortable around him. I'm afraid if I left him with the other 6 boys he'd not have a good time at all. Besides he was always my nicest chicken, ever since a baby was the only one that wanted to get picked up and see the world lol. I think that having him with the girls will give me the calmest option and I won't have re-introduction issues down the line.5 Roosters together is no issue, I have a 5 roosters flock on the farm, they have bonded more deeply than my pullets/hens.
Here is a video of them dust bathing together:
Here is a video of them following me around:
My neighbor tried raising chickens this way but lost them all.Not my style.
But, lots of people raise chickens this way, I think it’s called free range where they forage for bugs etc. a keeper interested in eggs, etc will likely provide supplemental pellets, but many keepers aren’t far off from what neighbor did. My spouse remembers the chickens they had in Deep South had a “shelter” but were not locked up at night. He does not remember any feed for the chickens…they foraged. He said this was common practice there.
One possible reason is that there are people on the farm only half of the times, probably less. They are left alone 2-3 days at a time and having no one else but each other for companionship (with plenty of food and water and in a large coop).Aww so nice to see a bunch of roosters playing nice with each other!