Studius Eggus
Songster
- Apr 30, 2018
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Seriously, since you are just starting, my suggestion would be to re-home all but one rooster and learn your flock from scratch.
Having several roosters at all is a task and a headache that could present issues you shouldn't experience while learning to be owned by your crew.
"Speaking Chicken" will be important. It's like having kids. You know the voice of your own kids above the din of others you also know when your crew will be clucking for treats, dancing and cackling when an egg gets laid and "HELP!".
Having to go out because two roosters are duking it out can lose the alarm of "There's a Fox in the yard!"
Baby steps....learn who you are in the crew. You don't want to go out and break up a fight to suddenly be the target of multiple roosters. You'll lose face in the pecking order if not some blood.
I am the alpha when I'm in the run, the girls stay close to me. I give the rooster respect, he still hates me and we have had our go-arounds but he tolerates my intrusion and has really turned out to be a good leader of his flock.
If it wasn't for me knowing his sounds I would have lost the whole flock to a pit bull and a Shepherd last weekend.
Having several roosters at all is a task and a headache that could present issues you shouldn't experience while learning to be owned by your crew.
"Speaking Chicken" will be important. It's like having kids. You know the voice of your own kids above the din of others you also know when your crew will be clucking for treats, dancing and cackling when an egg gets laid and "HELP!".
Having to go out because two roosters are duking it out can lose the alarm of "There's a Fox in the yard!"
Baby steps....learn who you are in the crew. You don't want to go out and break up a fight to suddenly be the target of multiple roosters. You'll lose face in the pecking order if not some blood.
I am the alpha when I'm in the run, the girls stay close to me. I give the rooster respect, he still hates me and we have had our go-arounds but he tolerates my intrusion and has really turned out to be a good leader of his flock.
If it wasn't for me knowing his sounds I would have lost the whole flock to a pit bull and a Shepherd last weekend.