SaraJean0989
In the Brooder
- Sep 12, 2018
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I ended up with WAY too many cockerals for the amount of hens I actually got out of my “started pullets” order. But I have most of the boys scheduled to be butchered. There is one really sweet submissive cockeral that I’d hate to butcher bc he is so sweet, but I have a Australorp that has already established dominance over the 9 hens I have(along with the other cockerals) Right now the submisssive guy is separated from everyone because he wasn’t going to make it with the other cockerals went after him when he was separated for a week (I never witnessed the Australorp go after him on reintroduction). I was hoping once the other 8 cockerals were gone I’d be able to reintroduce Fred (the submissive guy) to the group and him and the Australorp could keep their separate corners and live in peace.
IF I have to choose one or the other, would Fred be able to establish dominance over my hens at this point, I want to keep a rooster to keep my hens from turning on each other. I got them all the end of May and they were sold as 10-12 weeks old... my opinion is they were all closer to 6-8 weeks old.
IF I have to choose one or the other, would Fred be able to establish dominance over my hens at this point, I want to keep a rooster to keep my hens from turning on each other. I got them all the end of May and they were sold as 10-12 weeks old... my opinion is they were all closer to 6-8 weeks old.