- Jul 24, 2014
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Hello everyone, first let me say a big thanks to all for the help you have given us from our start!! Love this site!
Just now getting a chance to sit down and join. I am a SAHM (stay at home momma) of three wonderful long haired little boys who army little farmers
Shiloh 7, Asher 5, and Caleb 2 and a wonderful husband of 11 yrs, Eric who is my best friend.
We already had 2 cats Sasha and Boo Boots (the one I had to bottle feed from a day old because I scared his momma off by accident), 4 dogs, Hope the weenie, Tinkerbell the collie mix pound pup, Roxie the mutt found and knowing claimed, and our 2 oldest gals that were are fur babies before the kids...Georgia the best Heinz 57 dog ever and Bella our accidental guard dog (Great Pyrenees/Blue Heeler mix). And our latest addition Suki the 11 wk old Great Pyrenees/Anatolian mix.
We have been trying to do as much as we can and more to keep healthy and be healthy naturally. We try to use as minimal chemicals on everything from us to the dogs to the yard.
We have added a new addition our mini farm...we are also not able to free range so built a chicken tractor for the hens. Chickens are eating organic chick start and food scrapes. Ducks are eating bird starter.
Our Hens (May 4, 2014) live in a Chicken Tractor
2 white silkies
1 Rhode Island Red
2 barred rock
2 mixed Americana/buff Orpington
1 silver laced Wyandotte
2 americanas
Ducks (May 8, 2014) live in a duck-a-tat (converted dog run)
1 crested Peking
1 magpie
1 unknown
And last the....(in dog kennels at this time)
Roosters!!
1 Rhode Island Red
1 Americana mix
This is where I need help. I have NEVER like the bird claw but really wanted to have our own eggs so bit the bullet got babies and leaned to deal. Was doing great till the roosters popped out. I really like the hens they are very sweet and funny. The roosters scare me!! I have been bit several times, don't like the way the hens are when they are with them and had to break up a fight last night between the two roosters.
Please help me with pros and cons of keeping them. They are separated now and I don't plan on putting them in with the hens unless I need too for fertilized eggs and then will remove them again. My 5 and 7 yr old tend to them now and I can't chance them hurting my kids.
My questions are...
Are they a necessity?
Do they have to be with the hens all the time?
Pros and cons to having a rooster?
And off the subject...
Do I need to put the hens in a separate house at night or are the roosting bars in the chicken tractor fine for them at night?
Thanks
Jennifer
Just now getting a chance to sit down and join. I am a SAHM (stay at home momma) of three wonderful long haired little boys who army little farmers

We already had 2 cats Sasha and Boo Boots (the one I had to bottle feed from a day old because I scared his momma off by accident), 4 dogs, Hope the weenie, Tinkerbell the collie mix pound pup, Roxie the mutt found and knowing claimed, and our 2 oldest gals that were are fur babies before the kids...Georgia the best Heinz 57 dog ever and Bella our accidental guard dog (Great Pyrenees/Blue Heeler mix). And our latest addition Suki the 11 wk old Great Pyrenees/Anatolian mix.
We have been trying to do as much as we can and more to keep healthy and be healthy naturally. We try to use as minimal chemicals on everything from us to the dogs to the yard.
We have added a new addition our mini farm...we are also not able to free range so built a chicken tractor for the hens. Chickens are eating organic chick start and food scrapes. Ducks are eating bird starter.
Our Hens (May 4, 2014) live in a Chicken Tractor
2 white silkies
1 Rhode Island Red
2 barred rock
2 mixed Americana/buff Orpington
1 silver laced Wyandotte
2 americanas
Ducks (May 8, 2014) live in a duck-a-tat (converted dog run)
1 crested Peking
1 magpie
1 unknown
And last the....(in dog kennels at this time)
Roosters!!
1 Rhode Island Red
1 Americana mix
This is where I need help. I have NEVER like the bird claw but really wanted to have our own eggs so bit the bullet got babies and leaned to deal. Was doing great till the roosters popped out. I really like the hens they are very sweet and funny. The roosters scare me!! I have been bit several times, don't like the way the hens are when they are with them and had to break up a fight last night between the two roosters.
Please help me with pros and cons of keeping them. They are separated now and I don't plan on putting them in with the hens unless I need too for fertilized eggs and then will remove them again. My 5 and 7 yr old tend to them now and I can't chance them hurting my kids.
My questions are...
Are they a necessity?
Do they have to be with the hens all the time?
Pros and cons to having a rooster?
And off the subject...
Do I need to put the hens in a separate house at night or are the roosting bars in the chicken tractor fine for them at night?
Thanks
Jennifer