Morning again . Guess I should give a little explanation of my poultry knowledge , very little . When my youngest was about 10 , we had a flock of about 15 birds . Their arrived as chicks , a red star type , barred rock , Rhode Island reds . They were a straight run as they got larger lots of rooster fighting , kept 1 rooster (Bruce ) . We kept these for about 3 yrs , the son went rooster on me & lost interest in taking care of the chickens . I had a day job & a herd of beef cattle. The chickens went to friends of ours who sell eggs at farm gate. Since then I have raised wild turkeys , tame geese, the last few yrs.
At the moment we have 12 wild turkeys & 7 tame geese. The first batch of chicken eggs are in the incubator, Rhode Island reds. The next 2 batches of hatching eggs are chantecler , partridge & whites . The end of May will bring chicks , barred rocks , black australorps, a type of red star & Columbia Rocks X .
The hi breeds are for eggs , the other breeds I would like to keep intacted as individual breeds if possible . We live in Manitoba , Canada . So birds have to be sheded for winter. They can be out on nicer days , but in at night for sure ( don't want to feed the fox & coyotes) . Hence the question , Rooster storage , & all the great info received. Thanks again , Balmoral .