Bachelor Flock

[Aunt Angus]

Post #2 said pretty much the same thing.

You're right. I completely missed that post somehow. The internet up here is VERY bad, and, as a result, things don't load or jump around the page as they do load. My bad.

Sorry, @pipdzipdnreadytogo. You know I am a big fan!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Haha, no worries, I figured you hadn't intentionally skipped my post or anything!

 

[Aunt Angus]

I have another question:

Are there any special considerations when integrating roosters to a bachelor flock?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

I'm not sure on that. The only time I integrated males together in a bachelor flock was when one of them was a full adult and the other two were juveniles, still peeping and everything if I'm remembering correctly. The rest of my bachelor flocks were males who were raised together from hatch.

I think @RoostersAreAwesome may have some experience with integrating mature roosters together into a bachelor flock, though?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I used to introduce the new rooster while the flock was free ranging. Though sometimes it was necessary to put the new rooster in a dog crate within the main coop for a while to get them used to each other. However, if you do that, you have to put some precautions in place to prevent the roosters from fighting through the wire (I would put something in front of the dog crate so the roosters could still see each other but couldn’t get too close to the wire).

 

[Aunt Angus]

Good advice!

I actually found an amazing person to adopt my cockerel, so I won't need to pursue an all male flock. He's going to have his own flock and a huge area to free range. It's the best outcome possible.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Here's Cayenne! Living it up at his new home!