Trouble distinguishing juvenile rooster from hen

[Arodgers]

Welcome, and how wonderful to get those nice birds!
Post pictures!
Mary

Posted pics to orginal post

 

[Gray Farms]

Last pic is a hen. Rest are cockerels.

 

[BlueBaby]

I agree with @Gray Farms in that only the one in the last picture is a hen. The rest are roo's. If you want to keep all of those roo's, you are going to be needing a lot more hen's! The average is 10 hen's to 1 roo.

 

[Arodgers]

Last pic is a hen. Rest are cockerels.

Ugh, this is more than I bargained for! You want some cockerels??

 

[Arodgers]

I agree with @Gray Farms in that only the one in the last picture is a hen. The rest are roo's. If you want to keep all of those roo's, you are going to be needing a lot more hen's! The average is 10 hen's to 1 roo.

Thank you so much for your help, now how am I going to get rid of all these Roo's?!?!

 

[BlueBaby]

Thank you so much for your help, now how am I going to get rid of all these Roo's?!?!

You might have to eat them, or give them to someone else to eat them. Roo's are hard to get rid of even if they are for free. Where are you located?

 

[Arodgers]

You might have to eat them, or give them to someone else to eat them. Roo's are hard to get rid of even if they are for free. Where are you located?

Virginia Beach, va , I'll see if someone wants them to eat, or I'll just keep them out and let the coyotes have a nice Thanksgiving

 

[BlueBaby]

Virginia Beach, va , I'll see if someone wants them to eat, or I'll just keep them out and let the coyotes have a nice Thanksgiving

That's what I did to my 6 extra cockerel's. They became my only yard bird's, and I am surprised that I even have the 2 of them left now!

 

[drumstick diva]

agree with Gray Farms -

death by predator is a lot worse than an axe

 

[aart]

The average is 10 hen's to 1 roo.

Wwwweeeelllll.....
The 'rooster' to hen ratio of 1:10 that is often cited is primarily for fertility efficiency in commercial breeding facilities.

It doesn't mean that if a cockbird has 10 hens that he won't abuse or over mate them.

Many breeders keep pairs, trios, quads, etc

It all depends on the temperaments of the cock and hens and sometimes housing provided.

Backyard flocks can achieve good fertility with a larger ratio.

death by predator is a lot worse than an axe

Ditto Dat!! ^^^