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Getting a nice rooster can be challenging... Sometimes. I would keep more than one so you can choose who's temperament is best for your family, it's best to decide when they're sexually mature. Have your kids handle the chicks so they're never scared of them and so that they don't see the kids as a threat when they get older.

I have 2 roosters and 8 hens. One rooster doesn't want to mate with anyone, he just wants to follow me like a dog. The other rooster is 4 months old, 10 lbs, and 2 feet tall... He's a jersey giant and he's the most sexually active. They're both nice but we raised them from chicks. We plan on hatching some of the fertile eggs in the spring to see what their offspring looks like plus we are adding more colored egg layers in the spring so he will have more girls. Our roosters don't fight probably because they were raised together and are siblings.

See if you can find hatching eggs near your area, I have several farms within 10 minutes that sell them for a very decent price and their hatch rates are very good. Look on craigslist or call around to local farms, you may be surprised what you find.

Whatever you choose it will be a learning experience for the whole family.
 
doublecrossranch said:
I had a buff Orpington roo that was like a teenage boy on crack. He was very violent with his mating. We ended up having to kill him for the pullets and other roo’s safety.
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Some roos are great and some just aren't. I know I've had a few that were complete psychos that I rehomed. Next year I'm using our roos that we hatch as meat birds, if we cannot sell them. I have dogs, a family, and plenty of farm animals who will take pride in eating birds that we raise.
 
FortCluck said:
Getting a nice rooster can be challenging... Sometimes. I would keep more than one so you can choose who's temperament is best for your family, it's best to decide when they're sexually mature. Have your kids handle the chicks so they're never scared of them and so that they don't see the kids as a threat when they get older.
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Yeah, I'll try to keep them long enough to see their personalities so I can make a better decision as to which to keep. Though that may severely decrease my chances of keeping any roosters at all... The neighbor's house is about 10 feet from my coop, and 5 roosters out-crowing each other at 5 in the morning might be a bit much :lol:
The chickens will all be handled a lot by everybody, especially the roosters. The brooder will be in our dining room, convenient for easy pettings :D So let's hope we get at least one nice one...
 
doublecrossranch said:
I had a buff Orpington roo that was like a teenage boy on crack. He was very violent with his mating. We ended up having to kill him for the pullets and other roo’s safety.
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Ouch.. that sucks. I understand with roosters it's a crapshoot. Kinda like teenage boys actually... Some are nice, others are total assholes, haha.
 
K0k0shka said:
I'm aiming for 3 hens and 1 rooster as the final flock.
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Set 12 eggs.
I set 4 times the number of pullets I want,
because 50% will hatch and 50% of those will be males.
No guarantees...another chicken situation(more so) where hard numbers are futile.
Sell the extra pullets, eat the extra cockerels.
 

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