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@SueT , we live in a “rural lite” area - we have a few acres of property but the plots and more long than wide, so our neighbors houses are not that far away. my husband is definitely anti-rooster; i have fewer negative thoughts about them, but i will say that when i got my six easter eggers as adults a few years back, they had bald backs from their rooster, who i didn’t take, jumping on them all the time, and i like them much better fully feathered! in the interest of maintain good relationships with our neighbors, i’d likely not keep a rooster for long - i’ve just grown so fond of my little mystery chickens with their doodlebop heads!

i got all six chicks on march 10th, and i have no idea how old they were when i got them, but i’m assuming no older than 5-7 days, so that puts them at approximately 6 weeks old. their faces, i have noticed, are getting a little more “flushed”, but i haven’t seen wattles emerge yet.
 
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this is the friendliest of my two, (s)he likes to knows what’s going on at all times.
 
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here’s the other one, age approximately 6.5 weeks (i wish i had thought to ask how old they were when i bought them!) - i see the beginning of some wattles there, which makes me sad.
 
@bellium Yes, I see the wattles too....well I've heard from two different sources that the roosters are not aggressive. Why not keep him and see how it works out? You will have fertile Spitzhauben eggs, and could have a broody hatch them!
This pic is from the PBS show P. Allen Smith's Garden Home, talking about Spitzhaubens
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