Cockerel housing

[centrarchid]

I gave been using female x male throughout posting on BYC, so have precedence with me. Just need to specify. Use of subscripts could be used to indicate quickly which sequence is used. I have not figured out how to do sub- and superscripts yet.

 

[aart]

I gave been using female x male throughout posting on BYC, so have precedence with me. Just need to specify. Use of subscripts could be used to indicate quickly which sequence is used. I have not figured out how to do sub- and superscripts yet.

Yeah, IDK......I asked for input here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ibing-breeding-crosses.1284558/#post-20758346

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Thank you all for weighing in. I think that my new plan is to divide the coop and run, so it will be a coop that is 3x3.5 and run that is 3.5 x 16. I’ll put a pass through door at either end, so that if the doors are open, the run will form a loop. I’ll put shade cloth on the divider so that there is a visual barrier. I’ll put all Roos in at night and be there in the morning with a net. If things go poorly. I’ll close subdividers and see if any roo can tolerate another. I do have some backups if no roo can be housed together. Question: what is unacceptable fighting? Should I only separate if it looks like one won’t let the loser alone? If there’s blood???

 

[centrarchid]

What does your coop look like? I make so subordinate can easily break line of site and maybe even go into a tube his attacker can not follow him into. Will post more on that tonight.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

What does your coop look like? I make so subordinate can easily break line of site and maybe even go into a tube his attacker can not follow him into. Will post more on that tonight.

I had planned the attached without the divider (dashed line). I plan to elevate the coop two feet to help provide shade during summer (up to 110 F summer days) plus cover hoops in shade cloth. I may need to reconsider using cattle panels for the run as a divider may prevent me from walking into the run... The dashed line would be the divider where I’d put shade cloth or similar to block sight. Birds could move in a circle and wouldn’t be trapped, unless I feel I need to totally split by closing off the two ends, then it would be two long rectangles... The coop is framed out so I don’t want to change it’s dimensions, but I can still change run and configurations...

 

[centrarchid]

Here is setup I use when everything working well with groups of 6 to 10 roosters called the football team. This batch cockerels only; 5 American Dominiques and 1 Missouri Dominique. The black half pipe currently serves as wind break when the weather gets bad. If somebody needs cover, then the black half pipe is turned to face opposite direction so subordinate can hide behind it yet be fed. It may take a few before things setting down. The whole thing is based on a very damaged dog kennel with deer netting keeping birds in and raptors out. it is moved about roughly once a month like a chicken tractor where it is being used to prep ground for use as a garden next year.

I let them out most days. Barn in previous images behind me. They are not allowed to go up there and crowing of penned birds seems to repel the football team. The game cock runs them about each evening upon release to keep them away from his pullet. After a few minutes the football team wanders up by the house and cover patches to the left.

 

[Mixed flock enthusiast]

Here is setup I use when everything working well with groups of 6 to 10 roosters called the football team. This batch cockerels only; 5 American Dominiques and 1 Missouri Dominique. The black half pipe currently serves as wind break when the weather gets bad. If somebody needs cover, then the black half pipe is turned to face opposite direction so subordinate can hide behind it yet be fed. It may take a few before things setting down. The whole thing is based on a very damaged dog kennel with deer netting keeping birds in and raptors out. it is moved about roughly once a month like a chicken tractor where it is being used to prep ground for use as a garden next year.
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I let them out most days. Barn in previous images behind me. They are not allowed to go up there and crowing of penned birds seems to repel the football team. The game cock runs them about each evening upon release to keep them away from his pullet. After a few minutes the football team wanders up by the house and cover patches to the left.
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Nice! The pipe is a great idea.

 

[centrarchid]

Plywood would work just as well. Keep open on both ends to subordinate does not get cornered as easily.