Split flock

[chickens really]

They are this years April hatch and they are young but they are also fertile. They are way past being a cockerel. These 2 just plain out don't like each other. There's no other way to put it. Inside the run they rarely ever get into a scrap but outside during free range when all the other ones are eating grass and chasing bugs these two are chasing each other over about 1 acre. These 2 rank #2&#3 in the pecking order. They ignore the other roosters in the pecking order and back away from the alpha.

They provide good entertainment when I'm out filling the feeder.

Cockerels till one year old...Time to do some Culling...Nothing entertaining about fighting and Hormones in Males...Seriousy separate all Cockerels...one Roo can happily cover 20 or more Hens...10 people say is the minimum ...My huge Barahma has 6 Hens...My Pal runs one to 20 Hens...

 

[Fairview01]

Cockerels till one year old...Time to do some Culling...Nothing entertaining about fighting and Hormones in Males...Seriousy separate all Cockerels...one Roo can happily cover 20 or more Hens...10 people say is the minimum ...My huge Barahma has 6 Hens...My Pal runs one to 20 Hens...

2 of them are going to freezer camp when I have the time. The fourth is going to be paired up with a hen and donated to a 4H member. The remaining 3 are going to be part of my breeding program with their own coop.

 

[chickens really]

3 will be a headache ....Separate them..

 

[Joshgb]

The coop is insulated and they all free range but have one big feeder and waterer. The bigger EE roo is gone now but so far only the other roo came back. So now I have to look for my EE, silkie and lavender orpington hens. I have learned my lesson only 1 big roo and my silkie Roo. Hopefully the dozen chicks (turken, silkie, Columbian Wyandot and, bantam old English ) in the brooder are all hens. They will be going into a seperate coop I'm building for the winter until they can free range with the rest in the spring.