I just have to show off my rooster flock.

[Noellereagan]

I bet they call you for back up some times just to see you hurry.

I bet you’re right. Just goes to show- who am I fooling with my superiority complex over those roosters. Lol

 

[Noellereagan]

Here’s the leader of the pack.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Your boys are handsome! How old are they? You have two bantam hens in with them? What breed are your bantams? (Not judging, just curious!)

 

[Noellereagan]

Your boys are handsome! How old are they? You have two bantam hens in with them? What breed are your bantams? (Not judging, just curious!)

I have one sex link (red) and I’m not sure on the other. Here’s one.

 

[KikiLeigh02]

What a cutie!

I have one sex link (red) and I’m not sure on the other. Here’s one. View attachment 1472338

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Great looking guys,I have five.But be careful,at that age their still on trial.And the pullets will get overly bred escpecially being bantams and being young,are your boys not breeding active yet?

 

[Noellereagan]

Great looking guys,I have five.But be careful,at that age their still on trial.And the pullets will get overly bred escpecially being bantams and being young,are your boys not breeding active yet?

Shhhhhh.... you’ll curse me.
I figured it out today. They’re 15 or 16 weeks now. They try to breed the hens and the girls want no part of it. I actually wondered if my “hens” are pullets without a comb. Or maybe they’re lesbians. (Kidding. I bet I just offended someone sorry if I did but it was just too funny to delete). I don’t know. I had chickens when I was 25. Now I’m 43 it’s like I’m new all over. I’d be lost without this community that’s for sure.
Long story less long, if push comes to shove (metaphorically and quite literally), we decided we’re rehoming the hens and keeping the rooster flock. Thoughts on the age?

 

[MickWithChicks]

Long story less long, if push comes to shove (metaphorically and quite literally), we decided we’re rehoming the hens and keeping the rooster flock.

A lot of us have both. My rooster flock of 4 is kept separate from my hen flock of 17. The boys get along great. I have red and black sex-linked roosters, just over a year old. The red sex-links do typically start to get aggressive, so just keep an eye on them.

Thoughts on the age?

The boys are definitely young. That red sex-link roo in your profile pic looks no older than 4 months. The others boys look the same age.

The pullet in the photo looks a little younger, maybe 10 weeks. It's hard to tell. The boys will be up for it at a younger age than the girls will be, so things could definitely get ugly if you keep them together--not just for the girls; but for the boys as they start asserting their dominance to each other.

 

[Noellereagan]

A lot of us have both. My rooster flock of 4 is kept separate from my hen flock of 17. The boys get along great. I have red and black sex-linked roosters, just over a year old. The red sex-links do typically start to get aggressive, so just keep an eye on them.



The boys are definitely young. That red sex-link roo in your profile pic looks no older than 4 months. The others boys look the same age.

The pullet in the photo looks a little younger, maybe 10 weeks. It's hard to tell. The boys will be up for it at a younger age than the girls will be, so things could definitely get ugly if you keep them together--not just for the girls; but for the boys as they start asserting their dominance to each other.

I meant thoughts on the age as far as not sexually actively yet?

 

[MickWithChicks]

They'll start to squat for you about 2 weeks before they're ready to lay. RSL's typically lay between the 18-20 weeks mark, so they'll start submitting at the 16-18 week mark. The pullet in the photo looks like a RIR, and they also start laying around then. They won't appreciate the cockerels ganging up on them though, which is typically what happens when you have too many cockerels and not enough hens.