Help... do we have ANOTHER rooster???

[samkost]

Hi, I’m new to raising chickens. This is our first experience in raising chicks. Patti is 11 weeks old and we’re thinking we might have ANOTHER rooster. We were also told she is an Ameracauna chick, not sure if that’s right either.

 

[cmom]

Ugh... I was afraid of that! Can you keep more than one rooster if they were raised together?

Yes you can. I hatch out hundreds of chicks every year of which around half will be males which originally I put them in Chick/grow-out coops and pens. When the cockerels start harassing the pullets I move them to bachelor coops and pens. Rarely, but it has happened when most of the males will gang up on one male but again it is rare. These are some of my Rhode Island Red cockerels in bachelor coops and pens.

 

[Sortacountrychicken]

Looks like a cockerel to me

 

[JedJackson]

Patti is an Easter egger cockerel. 90% sure.

 

[HappyClucker7]

EE cockerel.

 

[H-B-O]

Cockerel

 

[cmom]

It appears to be an EE cockerel to me too.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Yes you can, until you can't. Two rooster might get along, especially with a lot of females, or they might not

 

[TheAlrightyGina]

Ugh... I was afraid of that! Can you keep more than one rooster if they were raised together? Everyone loves “her” and the other rooster.

It really depends on the cockerels, and their access to pullets/hens. If you don't have a lot of females for them, it would be best to keep them separate and out of sight of the ladies (bachelor coop). If you've got a high ratio of females to males, it might work out to keep them all together. You just need to monitor the situation carefully.

 

[cmom]

There are two males in with these females. One of the males will be the alpha. These are some of my Rhode Island Whites.