picking the right cockerel

albird101

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Jun 2, 2013
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My cockerels are 4.5 months today and it's time they start to go to homes, I started with 5 but sold the other 2 because they were to skitish and they dident live up to my expectations,
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This is nugget, he's the biggest fattest easter egger that I have, he has a big pea comb, and a huge beard he's standoffish but he tends to stay away from me, he just started crowing and has a full nice crow so far, today he chased a crow all over the yard and a bout a week ago flogged my dog (no one got hurt). Also another thing that I did like is when I picked up the hen and she started screaming he came running and raised his hackle feathers at me to give me a warning, he's 2nd to top of the pecking order

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This is coco, he's the top rooster, but the smallest and he's always crowing his head off, he's not stand offish but he will confront me if his hens start to scream when I pick them up, he's scared to death of my dog and dosent find crows any danger but he's overall a pretty good rooster

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This is no name he's super aggressive towards other animals and flogged me once but I quickly out him in his place overall he's a really nice color full bird but he dosent let his hens close until he had his finish of food but he guards them well over all

So who do you guys think shoula stay? So far I only have 3 hens but I have 14 easter egger pullet chicks that Im waiting for to grow, so hopefully it'll be 15 hens and a lucky rooster
 
I like the first one he sounds like he would be best at protecting your hens!!
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I agree. The first one, Nugget, sounds like he would be your best bet.

They are all gorgeous though!
 
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I would likely pick the first bird. You don't want an overly aggressive rooster that will make it hard to enjoy your hens.
 
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Nugget sounds like your best rooster to me, but all of them are beautiful birds! I would definitely not keep the last one--aggressive roosters are no fun, and are dangerous to both people and hens.
 
I picked nugget but I still don't want to get rid of Coco, do you think 2 roosters for 15-18 hens is sufficient for both the roosters and the hens
 

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