Roosters

[Ruthster55]

Pretty Ruthsters!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤

 

[birdlover2]

Wow, thanks for all the advice, but I'm still not sure, so I will go more into detail.
The rhode island red sometumes dances around me, but he comes at my command and is the second weakest among the others, he is my favorite and I dont think I should eat him, but the others disagree

The white rooster doesn't seem to be a bantam, he has a short black tail, and his feathers are a bit yellow, but nothing too noticeable. He used to be the strongest of them all, but was beaten by the game.

The game is the strongest, he is quite annoying to the chickens, but everyone wants to keep him for breeding so im not sure

Black and orange is the weakest, he prefer two chockens over the rest, so he pecks them quite often. My family says he just needs time to nourish, but im unconvinced.
Thanks for your advice

Do the roos fight often? Even though he pecks the two hens alot, u may want to keep the Black and Orange if submissive because that's important when trying to keep multiple roos together. If there isn't much fighting u could keep them all and see what their chicks turn out to be and which one you prefer then. How many hens do you have? Overmating could be a problem, and getting more hens could solve the Black and Orange's problem

 

[DaylightYt]

Do the roos fight often? Even though he pecks the two hens alot, u may want to keep the Black and Orange if submissive because that's important when trying to keep multiple roos together. If there isn't much fighting u could keep them all and see what their chicks turn out to be and which one you prefer then. How many hens do you have? Overmating could be a problem, and getting more hens could solve the Black and Orange's problem

We have a total of 8 chickens, two are broody, but we had a batch of 8 chicks in March, so I dont think that should be a problem

 

[Lydia Huizenga]

Here are some things you should look for in a good rooster.
1. The looks are important of course.
2. The temperament, if he is mean it will het passed to his offspring.
3. Feel the width of the head. The wider the head, the bigger thw eggs that his offspring lay.
4. Feel between the legs and press gently where you feel a space between the bones. The more fingers that fit in the gap, the less problems his offspring will have when laying the eggs.
5. Weigh them. The heavier one will have more meat, so his offspring will too.
Hope this helped!

 

[Shadrach]

Well, you have had some interesting advice.....
A bit of common sense and research and you should be able to rule out the nonsense; there's a lot of it.

First thing I would want to know is which rooster do your hens like. They know more about roosters then we do.
Forget all about SOP, it's a route to poor breeding and genetic problems. Actual physical defects are a different matter, particularly if they effect the roosters quality of life.
While it is true that Game Fowl tend to show aggression to other chickens more readily than some other breeds, people do keep Game Fowl roosters in otherwise mixed flocks. A lot depends on how they are kept.
You won't know who is going to be human aggressive until the final hierarchy is formed. With multiple roosters you often find that while they have each other to fight and watch out for, they'll leave the humans alone. Once you get down to a single rooster, or maybe two and a flock is established and a rooster is confident that they are his hens now, you can become the new threat to his harem.
There is absolutely no evidence that a human aggressive rooster passes that aggression on to his offspring. I've had some horrors here and their offspring have been angels.
In short, the bottom line as they say is observe who the hens favour and go with their choice.

 

[DaylightYt]

Well, you have had some interesting advice.....
A bit of common sense and research and you should be able to rule out the nonsense; there's a lot of it.

First thing I would want to know is which rooster do your hens like. They know more about roosters then we do.
Forget all about SOP, it's a route to poor breeding and genetic problems. Actual physical defects are a different matter, particularly if they effect the roosters quality of life.
While it is true that Game Fowl tend to show aggression to other chickens more readily than some other breeds, people do keep Game Fowl roosters in otherwise mixed flocks. A lot depends on how they are kept.
You won't know who is going to be human aggressive until the final hierarchy is formed. With multiple roosters you often find that while they have each other to fight and watch out for, they'll leave the humans alone. Once you get down to a single rooster, or maybe two and a flock is established and a rooster is confident that they are his hens now, you can become the new threat to his harem.
There is absolutely no evidence that a human aggressive rooster passes that aggression on to his offspring. I've had some horrors here and their offspring have been angels.
In short, the bottom line as they say is observe who the hens favour and go with their choice.

Thanks for the advice, the hens tend to run away from every rooster, so it will take some time to seem who they prefer

 

[Mrs. K]

On the SOP's, while I do not do purebred birds, or show birds. One of the benefits of SOP's is how to LOOK at and measure a bird. What to feel for... what to check for.

Mrs K