Giving away some Chickens,which?

[FatBurrito]

Is my chicken a rooster? I don't know if the image showed up

 

[keesmom]

Oh she can't? She's keeping them all ATM

If all 5 chicks are pullets then she could keep them all. I have yet to have a 100% pullet hatch. I have had 100% cockerels though.

With one male already, and only one female, then no she can't keep any of the cockerel chicks.

 

[keesmom]

Is my chicken a rooster? I don't know if the image showed up

Age?

 

[FatBurrito]

About probably 2 months or more

 

[FatBurrito]

I think almost 3

 

[FatBurrito]

I have some questions-

Is my chicken old enough to tell if it's a hen or rooster? If so,can you see already?

Can my chickens be separated if they grew up together,I mean I know they can but I feel kinda bad.
Like do they remember? Or even have friends

Will my rooster attack my baby chicks?

Can you have more than 1 rooster even if you only have maybe 3-5 hens? Is it still possible?

Should I just give away the momma hen and her babies without the rooster? Would that work? Would the momma be lonely without another grown/adult chicken? And would I have too many roosters if my chicken that I previously stated that I'd didn't know the gender of was a rooster?

Sorry for so many questions

 

[keesmom]

I have some questions-

Is my chicken old enough to tell if it's a hen or rooster? If so,can you see already?

With that much comb color at only 8-10 weeks of age it is a cockerel.

Can my chickens be separated if they grew up together,I mean I know they can but I feel kinda bad.
Like do they remember? Or even have friends

They will be fine.

Will my rooster attack my baby chicks?

Is this male over a year of age? If so it's not likely he will harm them, though that is no guarantee. If he's just a cockerel then his behavior will be a little more unpredictable.

Can you have more than 1 rooster even if you only have maybe 3-5 hens? Is it still possible?

You can, but it certainly is not fair to the hens. Even one rooster with such a small number of hens can be too much. Add more than one and you will likely have unhappy overbred hens. Sometimes it's so bad they hide in the coop and won't come out. The stress can also cause them to slow down on egg production or even stop.

The same situation will apply to you if you keep the chicks. Something will have to be done with the extra cockerels that have hatched. A happy flock can only have so many males.

Should I just give away the momma hen and her babies without the rooster? Would that work? Would the momma be lonely without another grown/adult chicken? And would I have too many roosters if my chicken that I previously stated that I'd didn't know the gender of was a rooster?

Sorry for so many questions

You can give away just the mom and chicks. However the answer I gave above still applies. How many chicks she can keep will depend on their gender. Unless she wants to build a separate coop and run for the males.

It looks like your unknown gender chick is male, so you have to decide what to do with him.

 

[FatBurrito]

With that much comb color at only 8-10 weeks of age it is a cockerel.


They will be fine.


Is this male over a year of age? If so it's not likely he will harm them, though that is no guarantee. If he's just a cockerel then his behavior will be a little more unpredictable.


You can, but it certainly is not fair to the hens. Even one rooster with such a small number of hens can be too much. Add more than one and you will likely have unhappy overbred hens. Sometimes it's so bad they hide in the coop and won't come out. The stress can also cause them to slow down on egg production or even stop.

The same situation will apply to you if you keep the chicks. Something will have to be done with the extra cockerels that have hatched. A happy flock can only have so many males.


You can give away just the mom and chicks. However the answer I gave above still applies. How many chicks she can keep will depend on their gender. Unless she wants to build a separate coop and run for the males.

It looks like your unknown gender chick is male, so you have to decide what to do with him.

Thank you! I'm certainly not giving away the unknown gender chick as my mother and I have a close bond with him though.

Thanks for answering all my questions

However,my aunt has a coop overrun with roosters and the hens are so injured and scarred but my uncle won't listen when we try to tell them to give away their roosters.
He started to build a wall or a seperate coop for them,would that work?

 

[keesmom]

However,my aunt has a coop overrun with roosters and the hens are so injured and scarred but my uncle won't listen when we try to tell them to give away their roosters.
He started to build a wall or a seperate coop for them,would that work?

That is not only irresponsible, it's cruel. He needs to learn how to butcher them or give them to someone who will.

He can build a separate coop for them but it has to have plenty of space for them to get away from each other.

 

[FatBurrito]

That is not only irresponsible, it's cruel. He needs to learn how to butcher them or give them to someone who will.

He can build a separate coop for them but it has to have plenty of space for them to get away from each other.

It is cruel.

Luckily though,his backyard is enormous and he has the biggest backyard I've ever seen.

We would never butcher them though.