How would i integrate a rooster into my mini flock?

[aubreynoramarie]

Chicken.Lytle :

On reading the subject, my twisted mind went immediately to cannibalism. Perhaps that wasn't the "integration" intended....

lol. yikes!

okay one last question... what if that rooo were a silkie? would he just get eaten alive by my standard sized girls? they arent huge but two of them are kind of bossy​

 

[ranchhand]

Might be a lot harder integrating a one-eyed Silkie into a flock of LF. Personally, I wouldn't do it, but I am not saying it can't be done, only that it will require a lot of supervision.

Your location is downtown Reno? Definitely make sure you are allowed to have roosters first. Best of luck!

 

[aubreynoramarie]

no the one eyed is a leghorn i think, the silkie was offered to me as well. i have had a nice chat with me neighbors. i had a silkie roo before and after i gave him away they all told me they didnt mind him one bit, which made me pretty bummed out, haha

 

[7L Farm]

A freind gave me a cockerel & I have 10 pullets we just put him in the pin . Everything went well seemed like a month later I caught the cockerel picking the girls vent feathers & feeding them back to the girls. Don't no why but they all wear pinless peepers now.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

wow thats weird

 

[7L Farm]

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Chickens are weird. I tried everything to stop the behaviour. Rooster Booster, Hot Pick, Blue kote even seperated the cockerel from the hens. Now, they all wear peepers. I didn't want to use the peepers but they do seem to be working. They look funny. I'll post a pictue of them.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

haha, they do look funny!

 

[grendel]

add the roo at night when the ladies are sleeping,they might wake inthe morning and be indifferent.

 

[aubreynoramarie]

ill try it in a few weeks