OK, I just got the bad news that my GLW chick is a cockerel. NOT what I was hoping for. I'll now have 7 hens and a roo.
My girls free range on occasion. My neighbors have a roo (who is kept in a run with his girls). My hens have never ventured over there, even though it's only about 200 feet from their house. If I let my rooster free range with his harem, is he going to go over there and bother the neighbors' roo? (The neighbors are 100% happy to let my hens visit their yard.)
I'm already thinking about building a "Rooster Wing" in my hen house--where I can separate Wiley if he gets too amorous. Would it be feasible to put him in there at night, and keep him away from the hens for a day or two at a time?? I don't want naked hens.
I know it sounds silly, but I'm really bummed out right now.
My girls free range on occasion. My neighbors have a roo (who is kept in a run with his girls). My hens have never ventured over there, even though it's only about 200 feet from their house. If I let my rooster free range with his harem, is he going to go over there and bother the neighbors' roo? (The neighbors are 100% happy to let my hens visit their yard.)
I'm already thinking about building a "Rooster Wing" in my hen house--where I can separate Wiley if he gets too amorous. Would it be feasible to put him in there at night, and keep him away from the hens for a day or two at a time?? I don't want naked hens.
I know it sounds silly, but I'm really bummed out right now.