Multiple Cockerals

[ChickenRaiser95]

I might be stuck with multiple cockerals (might not be able to sell them) and wanted to know if they grew up together from the egg and if there was no females around, would they still fight just until there are 6-10 months old ( thhen they will be thrown into the freezer). there is Americana, Welsummer, and Brahmas

 

[Pyxis]

You'll probably be okay. I won't say for sure there won't be any knock down blood drawing fights, but when they grow up together they do tend to get along much better. I have two roos for my flock who grew up together, and when they were first settling the dominance issue, there were a few scuffles, but nothing major. Blood was never drawn. Now they peacefully coexist except when the dominant roo decides to remind the beta roo that he is in charge, and that usually only involves a swift peck and the beta roo takes off before anything escalates. By the way, one boy is Welsummer. I did also have a third, a brahma, who was the top roo, but he found a new home because when he was cooped up with the other two boys over the winter he decided to tear all the feathers out of their backs. Even with that, blood was never drawn.

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

They'll be fine. Maybe some sparring, but fine.

Why are you waiting until 10 months to put them in the freezer? Most heritage cockerels are processed around 14 - 16 weeks of age.

 

[ChickenRaiser95]

new to the meat usage, so around 4 months good? I was just thinking about getting them bigger before i eat them

 

[WalkingOnSunshine]

new to the meat usage, so around 4 months good? I was just thinking about getting them bigger before i eat them

Up to you. They'll be meatier, but tougher if you wait much beyond 16 weeks. Also, your feed conversion ratio goes down, so you'll end up putting more and more feed into them to get less and less meat in return.