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kagarris
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Not to high jack your post , but want to join in with lots of info coming in.
I just added a cockerel to my flock too... this is his 3rd night with us. I'm not sure if he's mature or not (I'm new to this bird raising thing and dove all in) ...he's somewhere between 4/5 months old. He's crowing and larger than my girls (not that I think that equals maturity
). I rehomed him from a friend also. Come to find out he was being attacked by their drake.
I have "2" chicken flocks and a flock of 6 ducks. My older girls (not "old" they're 5 months old, but all laying) are not shy about shifting their weight on the younger (3 months old, not laying) the younger girls have just been accepted enough to get up on the roosting bars.
He's been in the duck pen alone during the day while the girls free range. At night, I put him in a crate in the hen house. (The duck pen is adjacent to the covered run that is attached to the hen house .. if that makes sense) so they can all see him and hear him.
When we first brought him home the girls were eying him, but a duck went after him and he was NOT a fan (and knowing his past now, I know why) and the girls were all over him like white on rice. I feel terrible for him ... like I'm feeding him to the wolves. (Or hens... or mini T-Rexes)
So....I'm thinking I'm going to let him out for a little supervised time with the chickens tomorrow am and see how it goes.
Thanks for posting! It's kinda crazy that we both are doing kinda the same thing! Good luck!!
Not to high jack your post , but want to join in with lots of info coming in.
I just added a cockerel to my flock too... this is his 3rd night with us. I'm not sure if he's mature or not (I'm new to this bird raising thing and dove all in
I have "2" chicken flocks and a flock of 6 ducks. My older girls (not "old" they're 5 months old, but all laying) are not shy about shifting their weight on the younger (3 months old, not laying) the younger girls have just been accepted enough to get up on the roosting bars.
He's been in the duck pen alone during the day while the girls free range. At night, I put him in a crate in the hen house. (The duck pen is adjacent to the covered run that is attached to the hen house .. if that makes sense) so they can all see him and hear him.
When we first brought him home the girls were eying him, but a duck went after him and he was NOT a fan (and knowing his past now, I know why) and the girls were all over him like white on rice. I feel terrible for him ... like I'm feeding him to the wolves. (Or hens... or mini T-Rexes)
So....I'm thinking I'm going to let him out for a little supervised time with the chickens tomorrow am and see how it goes.
Thanks for posting! It's kinda crazy that we both are doing kinda the same thing! Good luck!!
