Lost for ideas :(

[Chickem707]

So I’ve got 6 chickens so far,
2 cream legbars, (pullets)
1 cinnamon queen-ish (cockerel)
1 jersey giant (hen)
1 FBCM (cockerel)
And one silkie cross, which I’m leaning towards pullet. (Fingers crossed!)
I feel like that is definitely too many roosters, but the CQ type is actually quite nice, and i do really like him, ever since he wandered into my field at around 8 weeks! He still doesn’t mind to cuddle up now! But then there’s the maran, which I’d love to keep for the brown egg gene and lovely colouring on him, but he’s been a bit of a menice from the day i got him at 3 days old. So one, I don’t know which to keep, and two, don’t know how to ‘get rid’ of any, considering i really like them both.

 

[sourland]

If the maran is human aggressive he'd have to be gone from here. You could always buy sexed maran pullet chicks.

 

[Chickem707]

If the maran is human aggressive he'd have to be gone from here. You could always buy sexed maran pullet chicks.

He’s not aggressive, he just doesn’t like me picking him up. And that’s a great idea, hopefully i may be about to get some next year, as round here any thing that’s not a silkie or red sex link is pretty difficult to come by.

 

[Mrs. K]

I am pretty sure you are hoping that the advice will be to keep both of them. However, I am guessing in a short while you won't like either of them or what they will do to your pullets.

If this is your first flock, I would strongly recommend not keeping either rooster. Roosters take some experience in my opinion. Roosters going through adolescence need a LOT of experience. Most people seriously underestimate how violent a rooster attack can be. If you have small children under the age of 5, I strongly recommend not having any roosters, roosters tend to attack children first. If your coop/run is on the small size, I recommend not having roosters. Roosters take space.

And with 6 head flock... most juvenile roosters will be way too much rooster way too soon. Cockerels grow faster, become sexually active sooner than the pullets are ready for. They do not have any older birds to keep them in line, so often times they can be a bully in the flock. They can make pullet's lives miserable.

If you truly want a rooster, contact the feed store, the local 4-H groups, the county extension or a local poultry club. Wait until your pullets are laying eggs, and then introduce a year old mature rooster. One that was so nice, that he didn't get culled, but they really don't need.

If you really want to keep them, build them a separate coop/run, away from your hens, and have it ready to go, so that you can either separate the pullets from the roosters, or the roosters from each other.

If you keep two roosters, you need a plan B, and it needs to be set up and ready to go instantly.

Mrs K

 

[ShellyBlanco]

I would keep the FBCM and do as suggested, separate him and teach him some manners. The Cinnamon Queen will not produce a consistent chick with your pullets because of his geno-type. He is RIR crossed with RIW. I love my RIR hens but most of them are bullies with other chickens but they love me and my husband. Heck, they even peck for fun at our dogs. I don't know if you are looking to hatch chicks, if you are not,the having a Rooster is not necessary. If you just want a Rooster (for the crowing, etc. experience of all that "fun") then I would keep the FBCM anyway.

 

[Chickem707]

I am pretty sure you are hoping that the advice will be to keep both of them. However, I am guessing in a short while you won't like either of them or what they will do to your pullets.

If this is your first flock, I would strongly recommend not keeping either rooster. Roosters take some experience in my opinion. Roosters going through adolescence need a LOT of experience. Most people seriously underestimate how violent a rooster attack can be. If you have small children under the age of 5, I strongly recommend not having any roosters, roosters tend to attack children first. If your coop/run is on the small size, I recommend not having roosters. Roosters take space.

And with 6 head flock... most juvenile roosters will be way too much rooster way too soon. Cockerels grow faster, become sexually active sooner than the pullets are ready for. They do not have any older birds to keep them in line, so often times they can be a bully in the flock. They can make pullet's lives miserable.

If you truly want a rooster, contact the feed store, the local 4-H groups, the county extension or a local poultry club. Wait until your pullets are laying eggs, and then introduce a year old mature rooster. One that was so nice, that he didn't get culled, but they really don't need.

If you really want to keep them, build them a separate coop/run, away from your hens, and have it ready to go, so that you can either separate the pullets from the roosters, or the roosters from each other.

If you keep two roosters, you need a plan B, and it needs to be set up and ready to go instantly.

Mrs K

It’s so strange that in other places you can buy them from feed stores!

 

[Chickem707]

Thank you for the replies, i think i may see if my friend wants one, he has an abundance of hens. In other news, CQ type just tried to crow for the first time!