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[Acre4Me]

Which hatchery are they coming from ?

 

[007Sean]

Best wishes for your rooster adventure. Hope they arrive in great condition!

 

[Ridgerunner]

Here's wishing you good luck.

I don't have much faith in tracking predicting when they will arrive. It can be off either direction quit a bit. I'd keep that brooder ready and be prepared to go to the post office to pick them up at any time. I'm predicting tomorrow morning.

 

[townchicks]

This should be interesting, I hope they get there in good shape. Good luck,, and

 

[gimmie birdies]

They are coming from OH. Tracking says last night they were in Cleveland, maybe they got air-mailed from there...

 

[Redhead Rae]

Best of luck! One thing I would advise you to do, as soon as they feather out, I would start introducing them to your flock. I found that a bunch of bachelor cockerels will go haywire if they don't have older hens or roosters to teach them manners. I had a batch of straight run BOs 2 years ago. 16 were roosters. Only one made the cut for size and disposition in the end. I waited too long to introduce them to older, more experienced birds and the cockerels went a little "Lord of the Flies" on me. Before I started butchering, there were 2 cockerels that would guard the feed and not allow any other cockerels to eat. They were the first two to be butchered.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I cull bad behavior too, thanks for the advise. I once hatched out 40 chicks, surprisingly 50% were roosters..Haha! Mostly I have not had more than 4 roosters in a while. Hopefully one will have stood out before I give them away or cull them.

 

[Redhead Rae]

I cull bad behavior too, thanks for the advise. I once hatched out 40 chicks, surprisingly 50% were roosters..Haha! Mostly I have not had more than 4 roosters in a while. Hopefully one will have stood out before I give them away or cull them.

You're welcome.

Another thing, I'm in the "hands off" camp of rooster raising. I think that babying the "friendly" ones when they are little can cause them to see you as a member of their flock when they get their hormones and thus make them more likely to attack you to put you in your place when they want to climb the hierarchy ladder.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Thanks- I am a hands on rooster momma for 45 years or so, love on my boys. I pick them up if they get near me- they never get a chance to attack. Soon they only come near to be picked up, if they don't want to be picked up they keep away. I never push a rooster off with a foot, that encourages bad behavior. And I never show fear- that encourages too.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Thanks- I am a hands on rooster momma for 45 years or so, love on my boys. I pick them up if they get near me- they never get a chance to attack. Soon they only come near to be picked up, if they don't want to be picked up they keep away. I never push a rooster off with a foot, that encourages bad behavior. And I never show fear- that encourages too.

Got it. My birds are more utilitarian than they are pets, and I have a toddler and one on the way. I prefer roosters that avoid humans like the plague because I don't want my kids to have to deal with any potential aggression.