rooster coop?

[SugarChick]

so i read online that you CAN keep multiple rooster in a coop and they will live peacefully as long as there aren't any hens in that coop for them to fight over. I will be breeding chickens here very soon and will most certainly have extra roosters. i don't eat meat so i couldn't cull them and wanted to know what you guys knew about this little tidbit. what do i do?

 

[SugarChick]

also i love roosters and the neighbors are far away so i could keep lots of roosters. when i get older I'm gonna buy a country home and have a rooster sanctuary.

 

[NoFlyBackFarm]

I think arrange a new coop and do keep them!

 

[aart]

I will be breeding chickens here very soon and will most certainly have extra roosters. i don't eat meat so i couldn't cull them and wanted to know what you guys knew about this little tidbit. what do i do?

Approximately half the eggs you hatch will be males...
...what are you going to do with them all??

'Culling' does not always mean 'killing'...it means to remove some from a group.
You could sell them or give them away...someone else might want to eat them.

Unless you can afford to house and feed them,
better come up with a plan to get rid of them.

 

[Table4Six]

so i read online that you CAN keep multiple rooster in a coop and they will live peacefully as long as there aren't any hens in that coop for them to fight over. I will be breeding chickens here very soon and will most certainly have extra roosters. i don't eat meat so i couldn't cull them and wanted to know what you guys knew about this little tidbit. what do i do?

I don't eat meat either or kill any of my birds, so I definitely understand. I think it's great you wanna give roosters a good forever home. I think as long as you provide them with a safe and secure coop with a large enough run depending on the number birds, they should be fine. During breeding season you may see some minor face-offs which is completely normal, but be on the look out for unusually aggressive behavior that could lead to injury just in case. Good luck and I hope your rooster sanctuary dream becomes a reality in the future.

 

[SugarChick]

Approximately half the eggs you hatch will be males...
...what are you going to do with them all??

'Culling' does not always mean 'killing'...it means to remove some from a group.
You could sell them or give them away...someone else might want to eat them.

Unless you can afford to house and feed them,
better come up with a plan to get rid of them.

I am also going to take some of these extras that I won’t need for breeding a couple miles down the road to the boonies and drop them off when they old enough to fend for themselves

 

[aart]

I am also going to take some of these extras that I won’t need for breeding a couple miles down the road to the boonies and drop them off when they old enough to fend for themselves

So you'll contribute the feral chicken problem in Hawaii?
Great idea(not).

 

[Hyper_Chicken05]

Yeah im prettu sure you can. I've read a few articles here about rooster only flocks but i cant find them again lol.

A rooster only flock would be just as unusual as a no rooster flock by nature. Without any hens to look after the roosters wont be as aggresive to each other, Because there is nothing serious to fight over inbetween them.

The results would probably like what a hen only flock would be, Top rooster, little squabbles everynow and then, Etc. But of course the top roo would still crow.

 

[Ridgerunner]

A bachelor pad is a common way to keep males with minimal fighting. Keep females away and make it big enough so they have room. Room is just as important in a bachelor pad as it is for any other flock of chickens.

I don't know what your goals are as far as breeding, obviously not for meat. It may be for show, for egg production, or to somehow play with genetics. I don't know how many you will hatch but a lot will be males. Depending on your goals a lot of females may be rejects also. Typically you need to raise them to a certain age to access their potential as breeders. If I knew your plans and goals it would be easier to write this but the point is that you will probably have a lot of pounds of living meat to dispose of.

It is probably illegal to dump living animals on any property without the owner's permission, whether private or government owned. There are several sound environmental reasons for that, let alone how that would be trampling on the landowners rights to manage their own property. If you can get the landowners permission by all means go for it, but dumping is generally illegal, whether what is being dumped is living or just trash.

Depending on how old those chickens are when you are ready to dispose of them you might try contacting a soup kitchen, orphanage, or some place that feeds people to see if they will accept a donation of live chickens. Not many will but you might get lucky. Your state representative or pastor may be able to help with this. Or maybe contact a zoo or some other place that could use your chickens to feed their animals.

Ethically I'd prefer to find a use for those chicken instead of basing my practice on an almost certainly illegal way of fouling the environment with them. But that is just me, I can't dictate your ethics.

 

[keesmom]

I will be breeding chickens here very soon and will most certainly have extra roosters. i don't eat meat so i couldn't cull them and wanted to know what you guys knew about this little tidbit. what do i do?

I can guarantee you will have extra males. I've had hatches that were 100% cockerels. You can keep every single one that hatches, however it won't be long before you are up to your ears in them.

I am also going to take some of these extras that I won’t need for breeding a couple miles down the road to the boonies and drop them off when they old enough to fend for themselves

Responsible breeders have a viable plan to deal with extras before they hatch - be it selling them, putting them in the freezer, giving them away for others to keep or process, or even keeping all of them. It's often a difficult part of managing a breeding flock. Dumping unwanted birds is NEVER an option. EVER.

However they are your birds, and it's your decision what kind of breeder you want to be.