Sweet, friendly, buff orpington roos

[rainee63]

Just thinking out loud, I guess. Thank you for the encouragement! If it wasn't 100+ degrees I'd work on this tomorrow. But my girls are gonna start laying soon and I want everybody settled. :/

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

If you want more info you could look at my thread "Rooster Flocks!" In Managing Your Flock.

I finally figured out how to link threads, lol. Here it is: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rooster-flocks.1174877/

Thank you! I am considering it. 3 of my 4 are still sweet. Only 1 problem child. They would need their own space tho, right? Would that change their behavior toward each other? If there was no feminine influence? (Lol) I could possibly pull this off, but my helpers are sooo... not dependable. I have 6 hens in a separate coop that I could move to the big coop and give the roos their smaller coop. I just have to solve the flight issue. *sigh* And space. These guys are used to having a big yard to run in. They'd lose that if I switch everybody around.

Yes, the roosters would fight much less without any hens around! They usually fight over mating rights, but with no hens around roos can be much calmer.

 

[rainee63]

Thanks the link! I've been over there reading, and just left a lengthy post, lol. I think I'm going to give this a try. Truth be told I'm really just trying to find a way to make room for more chickens :/

*there. I said it. Lol