Beautiful twin white Cochins

[Alexandra33]

Handsome cockerels.

~Alex

 

[chickenE]

You could try putting a chicken leg band on one so you can tell them apart and get an idea about who might be misbehaving....

 

[Frazzemrat1]

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This is great. You can clearly see the male saddle feathers in those pics, as I illustrated in my last post. Those are boys.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Definitely both roosters.

 

[Tslauson]

I knew it from the beginning! Anna and Else are Sven and Kristoff lol. I can't believe out of 12 hens we only have 9! Thank you all for your help! Now I have another question. Why don't the boys fight? My RIR is very dominant!

 

[Alexandra33]

I knew it from the beginning! Anna and Else are Sven and Kristoff lol. I can't believe out of 12 hens we only have 9! Thank you all for your help! Now I have another question. Why don't the boys fight? My RIR is very dominant!

Not all cockerels fight 24/7, especially if they've been raised together. Some have occasional tiffs here and there, while others bloody each other to the point where it becomes excessive. Just depends on the individual.

~Alex

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I knew it from the beginning! Anna and Else are Sven and Kristoff lol. I can't believe out of 12 hens we only have 9! Thank you all for your help! Now I have another question. Why don't the boys fight? My RIR is very dominant!

They already did. Dominance was already established by the RIR, and these two have fallen into line. This probably happened back when they were chicks. I bet the matings you've noticed with these two are when the RIR isnt' around!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

My bantams go at it yearly. My big breeds I have never seen any fighting. Dominance is all established by attitude and posturing with them. The problem with the bantams is they all have an attitude.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

If your Rhode Island Red is really dominant that is probably your answer. It may not last forever though, cockerels can be very unpredictable at that age. You may have a plan in place just in case, hopefully you won't need it! There is still a very good chance that even if they continue to get along with 9 pullets and 3 large fowl cockerels your pullets are going to be overmated.

I knew it from the beginning! Anna and Else are Sven and Kristoff lol. I can't believe out of 12 hens we only have 9! Thank you all for your help! Now I have another question. Why don't the boys fight? My RIR is very dominant!

 

[Gray Farms]

Those are both cockerels. And very nice ones at that, congrats on keeping them so clean.