Preparing Daughter for a Roo

[RobertaD1]

Probably not really, but sounds like they'll keep him off the young pullets until they are ready.
Remind me of the ages of youngers and olders?

The older hens have just turned 4 yrs, 4 of them... the pullets are around 22 weeks, 13 of them. and the younger group of 6 are 14 weeks old.

 

[RobertaD1]

Good signs... but always beware.

I too, am a believer in raising up a cockerel under older, bigger birds. No human lives with their birds 24/7. No human intervention is going to be there all of the time. Roosters raised under older birds, learn their manners, and are corrected 24/7. This produces a healthy chicken society, beyond the control of humans. They work it out, and it works.

A healthy chicken society is what many long term chicken people have. Their roosters tend to be pretty good roosters unlike roosters raised with flock mates in confinement.

BUT always beware, roosters just do not have a lot of brain and do have a lot of hormones.

MRs K

Thank you! This post made me giggle a bit because I've known many men who were the same way.