Overabundance of Males?

[Lancemwilliams]

Wow. Thanks for the help.

I guess the next question is, how does one select which rooster to keep? And, you only keep one, right?

 

[Sunshine0235]

One rooster for each 10-20 hens, depending on how rough the rooster is with them.

 

[keesmom]

Do you see a female in the bunch other than the far right hen in the first picture? And what kind are these btw? Lastly, what does one do with 8 roosters? Chicken and dumplings?

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Yup, just one pullet. You will want to separate her asap. As for the males, tiime to try out some new recipes. Rooster and dumplings, rooster soup, rooster pot pie, coq au vin just for starters.

 

[Lancemwilliams]

Why should I separate the pullet quickly?

 

[keesmom]

You will want to move her before the cockerels' hormones kick in and they start harassing her constantly. If you want to keep one cockerel then I'd keep the one with the best temperrment.

 

[Lancemwilliams]

Thank you, that makes good sense.