Swapping current rooster for 2 new mature roosters in a flock

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

Which roo/cockerel is which in the second pic? I should know this, but right now my brain has gone on strike.

MJ, the older roo, is on the left with the barred tail and Solo has the green tail and is flirting with Ukulele who is still a little too young to be flirted with in my opinion, lol.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

MJ, the older roo, is on the left with the barred tail and Solo has the green tail and is flirting with Ukulele who is still a little too young to be flirted with in my opinion, lol.

Solo has floofed right up there, hasn’t he?

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

Solo has floofed right up there, hasn’t he?

He is quite the ladies’ man!

 

[Yardmom]

Having the two roosters separated for now will make the final plan of putting them all together much more difficult. The boys need to stay together to know what place they have with each other. If they have been separated for a time they will fight to reestablish which rooster is dominant.

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

I just wanted to update my post and say that both roosters now live 100% with the flock, and they're doing great. They slept seperately for several weeks, but were still okay together.

Fertility was one of several reasons we culled the previous rooster. I tossed eggs in the 'bator (eager for early spring layers) 2 weeks after the roosters first met the hens, and now I have a bunch of chicks!!!

Here’s MJ doing his thing. He and Solo get along great until Solo starts eyeing up girls and then MJ runs him off- which is to be expected.

I thought this pic was cool. Solo occasionally sneaks up on the deck to have a sneaky rendezvous with hens away from MJ. But the deck is a “no boys allowed” zone so this is him jumping down.

Treacle and Solo

This cool looking pale grey chick that I’m eager to see how she () feathers out. Mom is blue and dad is MJ (yellow head spot = barring, I think). Never hatched chicks that look like this so it’s very exciting.