Too many roosters

[Reaperprincess]

Can anyone here help me i have to get rid of a few roosters and i am to biased to decide on my own.

 

[DobieLover]

What exactly do you need help with? Choosing which rooster gets to stay? That all depends on what your reason is for having a rooster. If you are breeding for quality birds you have to define what quality means to you. Some people go for SOP standards. Other people want healthy, robust but also friendly birds. So they wouldn't care if the rooster had a few minor defects to the SOP.
When choosing which cockerel gets to stay in my flock, I go for the one with the best flock leadership skills that is not human aggressive. That means spending a lot of time observing their behaviors amongst the pullets and the hens.

 

[Reaperprincess]

Can anyone here help me i have to get rid of a few roosters and i am to biased to decide on my own.

 

[Reaperprincess]

What exactly do you need help with? Choosing which rooster gets to stay? That all depends on what your reason is for having a rooster. If you are breeding for quality birds you have to define what quality means to you. Some people go for SOP standards. Other people want healthy, robust but also friendly birds. So they wouldn't care if the rooster had a few minor defects to the SOP.
When choosing which cockerel gets to stay in my flock, I go for the one with the best flock leadership skills that is not human aggressive. That means spending a lot of time observing their behaviors amongst the pullets and the hens.

All of them are friendly and good with the hens and chicks so i don't know which to let go none have any flaws but there is to many of them in my flock. Any help is appreciated.

 

[DobieLover]

All of them are friendly and good with the hens and chicks so i don't know which to let go none have any flaws but there is to many of them in my flock. Any help is appreciated.

Pick your favorite and keep it. Take pictures of the rest and rehome them or eat them or let someone else eat them.

 

[Mrs. K]

Do this in stages, because removing birds will change the remaining birds. Count cockerels, half that number gets to stay. Catch the others and separate them from the flock, move them out.

Wait a week-10 days. Repeat, remove half and see. Usually by the end of this, it is pretty evident who gets to stay.

Or if you really like all of them, the first half you catch, are culled. They call this a gate cut.

Mrs k

 

[Reaperprincess]

Do this in stages, because removing birds will change the remaining birds. Count cockerels, half that number gets to stay. Catch the others and separate them from the flock, move them out.

Wait a week-10 days. Repeat, remove half and see. Usually by the end of this, it is pretty evident who gets to stay.

Or if you really like all of them, the first half you catch, are culled. They call this a gate cut.

Mrs k

Thank you that is great advise

 

[berlyannpotter]

I am sorry you are experiencing this. I will soon enough. Just waiting for them to show they are actually roosters.

 

[Reaperprincess]

I am sorry you are experiencing this. I will soon enough. Just waiting for them to show they are actually roosters.

Yes and what is the worst is that they will all have one or another trait or color you want to keep and then you have to decide which is more important.

 

[berlyannpotter]

Yes and what is the worst is that they will all have one or another trait or color you want to keep and then you have to decide which is more important.

Im not letting myself get attached to suspected roosters. There's 2 for sure, and I know someone that will take them. I have my main rooster, and he is the only one I want.