- Mar 10, 2014
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Hi everyone. I lost 4 of my chickens yesterday to an idiot neighbors dog that she decided never needed to be contained. Anyway. One was a rooster. I was trying to decide if I wanted to keep him as a rooster or not, as I was supposed to have all hens. They are young. 1 group born in May and the other in July. Now that I have seen how a rooster protects the girls I think I would've kept him. He was nice and not aggressive in anyway. So, my questions for you fabulous chicken gurus:
By having a rooster how do you determine which eggs to eat and which ones would be babies? Or is it if you leave for a hen to sit is about the only way?
2. How hard would it be to get a new rooster with such an age difference? Would he catch up.and take his stance as king?
Thank you for any insight. I am still trying to recover from the horrible day yesterday and hoping the 2 with missing feathers are dead so they aren't suffering or come home. I feel awful that it happened
By having a rooster how do you determine which eggs to eat and which ones would be babies? Or is it if you leave for a hen to sit is about the only way?
2. How hard would it be to get a new rooster with such an age difference? Would he catch up.and take his stance as king?
Thank you for any insight. I am still trying to recover from the horrible day yesterday and hoping the 2 with missing feathers are dead so they aren't suffering or come home. I feel awful that it happened