Pekin Bantams What sex?

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Wyandottes7 said:
If they don't have any hens, roosters usually get along great, especially if they are raised together. My roosters get along fine, even though some of them are younger than others and are different breeds. Cochin roosters are usually rather docile. If you want to keep them with hens, you'll probably need at least 15 so that the hens don't get overmated.
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Thank you for your information. I'm glad I found this site and can ask questions freely. I have passed your input about the number of hens required over to my husband so when we move to a bigger property he will know how big a hen house he will need to build.
 
juliechick said:
I hope so, too. Cochins are great little chickens to have as pets. I used to have a flock of them with more than one rooster. They did spat a little, but didn't really hurt one another.
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My daughter treats these birds like family so she was pleased to hear we may be able to keep them still. We will give them every chance to stay in their current home.
 
As long as you either a. keep them in their own pen with no access to hens or b. keep them with enough hens (usually 8-10+ hens/rooster) they'll get along fine.

They may squabble a bit once or twice a year to establish dominance, but as long as the pen they are in is big enough for the loser to run away, all will be well. When roosters fight, no blood = no foul. They may lose some feathers, but as long as the loser runs away and submits to the winner, all will be well. When you get in trouble is if the loser refuses to yield and the winner has to put him down again and again until it escalates and blood is drawn, but that's rare and would be almost unheard of in Cochins, as they're pretty laid back. People hear about cockfighting and think all rooster squabbles are like that, but really they last like a day, no blood is drawn, and then it's over. I think your cute boys will be fine.

Oh, and my advice on building your henhouse is this: build as large as you can afford, not for a certain number of chickens. If the henhouse ends up being twice as large as your current flock needs, extra space is always good for chickens. But the extra space also means that if you get more birds (and we all do, chicken math is like a sickness, LOL) then you won't have to squeeze them into a too small space, which causes all kinds of stress and behavioral problems. Building big now will save you all sorts of trouble later.
 
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Heya, okay I've been getting confuscled by this whole name thing too. My mother has just hatched a number of eggs. Not personally of course, haha. Anyhoo, when she was sold the eggs, she was told there was some Frizzles, Polish Frizzles and Pekin's....which I've been calling Pecans! God **** you mother and your pronunciation!!
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Two of the eggs that hatched are supposed to be Frizzles as well, but only one looks like a Frizzle! I'm so confused! Apart from 3 of them, they're all quite different the 7 that hatched. My favourite one, I've been calling a Pecan. So is that not even actually a Pecan? Or Pekin/Peking? Either way, she's my little Pecan Nut, and she's formed quite the little bond with me!
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Pekin I mean.
 
I am getting assorted bantams, and I am sure I will get Pekin bantams in the mix, plus I will use the same gender checker for all of them, but how do you check their genders?
 

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