Dead neighbour; flock transfer

[JedJackson]

I really appreciate your replies, thank you wonderful people.
I am also a romanian alcoholic beverage maker and i have many fruit trees for the 3 most important fruits to make romanian brandy ( plum, pear and quince) so i happen to have a huge stockpile of fruit this time of year. Can i give the chickens a mix of those 3 fruits? Like a blended mix (as quince is way too hard)

You can give them some as treats, but if you want eggs, a balanced layer feed should make up the bulk of their diet.

 

[ronott1]

Only give them as much as they will eat in 10 to 15 minutes a day.

You will want to sell or process the roosters--They eat a lot and do not provide eggs. Since you want to fee them 95% chicken feed, they are expensive free loaders.

The white one looks like a rock. IF it is aggressive, it will make nice chicken and dumplings! Or sell it on craigs list.

It is very nice of you to take the flock! I am sorry about your neighbor

 

[AxelCoon]

Yes unfortunately all of the white ones are aggresive. I've tried hand feeding them some grains but half of them went for the fingers not the grains and in the end my hand was bleeding..
There is no craigslist in my country but there is a weekly farmers market where people sell anything animal related. Last sunday a guy was asking 100 euros (120$) for a 2 year old brahma rooster!

 

[llombardo]

Have you thought about doing a rooster only flock?

 

[AxelCoon]

Nope; my ultimate goal is to mix the two together into a huge flock mainly for eggs and pest control for my fruit trees. There's a bad Colorado beetle and caterpillar infestation on my pear and quince trees going on and the chickens are the best repellent. Plus; trees also provide them shade and a good hiding place from goshawks.

 

[ronott1]

Yes unfortunately all of the white ones are aggresive. I've tried hand feeding them some grains but half of them went for the fingers not the grains and in the end my hand was bleeding..
There is no craigslist in my country but there is a weekly farmers market where people sell anything animal related. Last sunday a guy was asking 100 euros (120$) for a 2 year old brahma rooster!

Perfect! Farmers markets are awesome

 

[aart]

There is no craigslist in my country but there is a weekly farmers market where people sell anything animal related.

Welcome to BYC!

Quite a dilemma...good thing that market is there.
This one almost looks like a cornish cross meat bird.

Where in this world are you located?
Climate is almost always a factor.
Please add your general geographical location to your profile.
It's easy to do, then it's always there!

 

[AxelCoon]

I live in Romania, Eastern Europe. It has a Temperate Continental climate. Temperature did not exceed 89° this year and the summer is pretty much done for.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Good evening everybody; sorry for the grim title but i need some help.
Unfortunately my neighbour died last week in a car crash and as he was living alone; his family cannot care for his chickens; so i decided to buy his entire flock.
The new flock is currently held in a separate coop from my own chickens - but i have a small problem. Can someone help me identify these breeds? There seem to be 3 different breeds. I need to know their behaviour before mixing the two flocks together.
Thanks a lot!

The mostly white ones are columbian rocks or columbian rock mixes, the red and black ones are production reds or some other sort of RIR mix, and the white one in the second picture is a white rock mix.