How do i start a rooster flock

[silkie10]

Out of my 24 chicks I got this year quite a few were roosters. I got a bunch of different breeds so I would like to keep as many as I can. I don't have nearly enough hens so I cannot keep many roosters with them. I wanted to start a rooster flock because I did not want to get rid of all the cool breeds. Are there any important things that I need to know about starting a rooster flock? I mostly wanted to free range them to keep the tick population down. And I figured that since they were roosters the hawks couldn't get them as easily. is it safe to free range them? We have a relatively bad hawk problem. Would they be able to defend themselves? I would shut them up in the night of course.

 

[TheTwoRoos]

You firstly should move he thread to managing my flock.

But,they are enarly as easy as targets as hens are,but some have very large sizes.And yes they are more watchful so it could help.And they may or may not fight a hawk.