ANOTHER rooster or big combed hen

[MysteryChicken]

Out of curiosity, where are you seeing the wing bow patches coming in? Do you mean the slight red-ish feathers?

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

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I see, thank you! I agree that the face looks cockerel-ish.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I see, thank you! I agree that the face looks cockerel-ish.

You're welcome.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

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Those and this is what was making me think that

 

[MysteryChicken]

Those and this is what was making me think that View attachment 3583478

Those are pointed saddles.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

Those are pointed saddles.

Dang- thought so . That’s my fifth rooster now

 

[MysteryChicken]

Dang- thought so . That’s my fifth rooster now

I've got lots of cockerels this year too, so you aren't alone. 14, cockerels to be exact.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I've got lots of cockerels this year too, so you aren't alone. 14, cockerels to be exact.

Me, too! I have four cockerels and one rooster, which I am still trying to figure out what to do with. I'm not giving away my rooster, bottom line, but I'm unsure of how integrating the extra cockerels will work out and which pens I need to put them in . . . I'm fine with getting cockerels, I can handle them, but it's the other males I worry about!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Me, too! I have four cockerels and one rooster, which I am still trying to figure out what to do with. I'm not giving away my rooster, bottom line, but I'm unsure of how integrating the extra cockerels will work out and which pens I need to put them in . . . I'm fine with getting cockerels, I can handle them, but it's the other males I worry about!

When my cockerels get about half the size of the other birds(Roosters included), I just drop them off right in the coop, so they can get bossed around by the older hens. When it's time, I butcher the ones I don't need.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

I've got lots of cockerels this year too, so you aren't alone. 14, cockerels to be exact.

Let’s hope my neighbors don’t object and the hens are enough