chickenlady2010
Chirping
- Apr 21, 2017
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Ok, so we have 20 chickens, and three of these are roosters. The buff's were hatched April 2nd. I am unsure of what day the leghorns were hatched, but they're all close in age. We have 2 leghorn roosters and the 3rd is a buff. My question is, when do we butcher and eat the 2nd leghorn rooster?
Our buff actually got grabbed on the wing by our dog and survived. However, he is now at the bottom of the pecking order. The other chickens have been pecking at his bad wing and have kept the wound open. But I have been letting the chickens out daily to roam while the dog is kenneled, and his wound is healing up quite nicely. You think he'll still be able to "perform" (and be allowed to do so by the hens) once he's healed?
The leghorn we plan to butcher has a limp (have no idea how that happened) which has gotten better, but he doesn't seem to let it stop him from chasing kiddos. The other rooster seems to be at the top of the pecking order, so we figured he is the leghorn we need to keep, but maybe that doesn't matter?
Our buff actually got grabbed on the wing by our dog and survived. However, he is now at the bottom of the pecking order. The other chickens have been pecking at his bad wing and have kept the wound open. But I have been letting the chickens out daily to roam while the dog is kenneled, and his wound is healing up quite nicely. You think he'll still be able to "perform" (and be allowed to do so by the hens) once he's healed?
The leghorn we plan to butcher has a limp (have no idea how that happened) which has gotten better, but he doesn't seem to let it stop him from chasing kiddos. The other rooster seems to be at the top of the pecking order, so we figured he is the leghorn we need to keep, but maybe that doesn't matter?