"At what age should you buy a cockrall."...... I was 8 when I bought my first 1
I personally feel as if an older rooster is easier on the hens. More "etiquette".
One poster likened Roos to "teenagers"
I suppose there is perks to goin either way but for only 3 hens I'd go with an older "less urgent" rooster. I have 47 birds. 2 older "flock cocks" that keep things under control and I also have a 2 chosen from each breed that kinda hangout together waiting to get older. I haven't had a problem with "bare backs". The only "bare back" hens I had this year were the BuffOrp and a RIR that I housed with a RedGolden pheasant cock.(sadly nothing hatched)
We always eat our eggs. Sometimes there is a spot. No problem. 3 times this summer my grandotrs and my youngest dotr ( more like sisters) retrieved the eggs. Like they saw me do they washed all the eggs and put them in crates. My oldest dotr was horrified all 3 times.....
I personally feel as if an older rooster is easier on the hens. More "etiquette".
One poster likened Roos to "teenagers"
I suppose there is perks to goin either way but for only 3 hens I'd go with an older "less urgent" rooster. I have 47 birds. 2 older "flock cocks" that keep things under control and I also have a 2 chosen from each breed that kinda hangout together waiting to get older. I haven't had a problem with "bare backs". The only "bare back" hens I had this year were the BuffOrp and a RIR that I housed with a RedGolden pheasant cock.(sadly nothing hatched)
We always eat our eggs. Sometimes there is a spot. No problem. 3 times this summer my grandotrs and my youngest dotr ( more like sisters) retrieved the eggs. Like they saw me do they washed all the eggs and put them in crates. My oldest dotr was horrified all 3 times.....
