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[Inkheart]

I second this - my two roos are together and sort of have their own harems - but the one roo was an adult and the other was raised with him from the time he was a young boy - and well he is kind of wimpy - so if the older one goes for him he runs away and hides! From what i understand that is abotu the only time they get along is when raised together or one is put in very young and isnt seen as a threat ?

 

[speckledhen]

Suede and Isaac would fight to the death if they got together accidentally, I'm sure. Suede and Hawkeye were really going at it when that happened. Suede got the worst of it, being so big that he wasn't as agile (or as mature as Hawkeye at the time).

 

[kathyinmo]

Scott,
I have several roosters. Yesterday I opened up 8 pens to free range. Each group stayed with their own little family, and they all went separate ways. I brought out some treats and alot of them came to me. I went to different areas and dropped the treats. Each family went to different area. I didn't have any rooster fights at all.

I keep 2 (or more) roosters in each pen without problem. I think it helps when they are raised together, but they can be integrated. It does take time though. I don't know of any easy way to do it.

 

[Inkheart]

Hey i realized that i have not shared some of the other critters in my life

 

[kathyinmo]

Knox,
I like the way they all looked up at the camera for their photo shoot, too! Thanks for sharing with us!

 

[kathyinmo]

What is wrong with me? I am getting soft. I have this Jersey Giant chick that was hatched with a weird leg. I kept thinking it would straighten out, but it isn't. I was gonna cull it, but DH talked me out of it. (He IS a softie!) I now see it is a male, and I KNOW I need to cull it. Why am I having such a difficult time doing this with this one? See his leg here..... it is like twisted or something. He hops around on the one leg mostly. Somebody come do this chore for me......... Darn it.

OH, and I also have a 7 wk old black Olive Egger (female) with a crossed beak, and it is getting worse. WHY did I keep her? I hate this part of chicken care.

 

[speckledhen]

Looks like your JG has a slipped tendon, Kathy. Those rarely ever get better, I've found. I know what you mean about culling males. One of the little NH babies is blind in one eye and has a cross beak. If it's a male, no reason to keep it around since it has no purpose other than breeding or dinner. I think it's a girl, though, so someone may have a layer whose beak just has to be trimmed occasionally. I have Zane and Tiny and really don't want to fill up my time with more needy kids, you know? It's always hard to cull a poor little one that has a deformity that it can live with, but special needs chickens take up so much time, a commodity that is somewhat limited if you have a large flock already.

I put up the first chicks for sale in BSA, a Blue Rock cockerel and Black Rock pullet. I think the lighter blue and the splash are pullets so I'll keep those out of the BBS Rocks I hatched.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=494768

 

[kathyinmo]

I thought it may be a slipped tendon, too. I tried to work with it, but was not successful. I KNEW I should have culled this chick from the beginning. It is now just more difficult.........

I do not keep any chickens with special needs here. I just have too many to do that with. That said, it is still a difficult task.

 

[speckledhen]

I know, hon, I really understand. I hated to always have to cull these chicks Georgie was throwing so hers will never be hatched again, sadly. She's such a great hen, chunky and sweet and you'd never know she threw substandard chicks so much of the time. It's too hard to have to cull the little ones over and over again.

 

[Cetawin]

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