Unexpected rooster. Help!

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. Unless you have a lot of space and a lot of hens the roosters will most likely have a dominance dispute. Once resolved, they may or may not coexist.

 

[mklmcnutt]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

You will need plenty of hens to support 2 roosters, at least 6 hens each. The cockerel is pretty young yet, definitely use the see but don't touch method as mentioned above. Use a cage with all the chicks in it and keep it within the older flock for a couple of weeks. This allows the older flock to except the new flock easier without too much blood shed. When you do mix them, make sure to add more water and feed stations, hidy places, levels and such for the young ones to escape and get sustenance.

Roosters raised together generally set the pecking order more gently, boys not raised together can be violent and even kill each other. So be very careful, watch the young one stays safe.

Good luck and welcome to our community!

Thank you for your reply! I will try all of your advice. Counting the new pullets, we will have over twenty hens, so should be plenty to go around.

 

[mklmcnutt]

Hope things work out so you can keep both boys. But may be a good idea to have a Plan B in place just in case it doesn't.

Thank you!

 

[mklmcnutt]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. Unless you have a lot of space and a lot of hens the roosters will most likely have a dominance dispute. Once resolved, they may or may not coexist.

We have over twenty hens counting the new pullets and are planning on adding a large expansion to our run. Hopefully this will help! Thanks for the welcome!

 

[TwoCrows]

Thank you for your reply! I will try all of your advice. Counting the new pullets, we will have over twenty hens, so should be plenty to go around.

Good luck and keep us posted on how it goes!

 

[mklmcnutt]

Welcome to a wonderful informative site in which you can get so much help from others. Sometimes the size of them matters too. I know your older one is small and I am not sure what size the new one will grow to be. I had put a 15 pound Muscovy drake in with my much smaller Mallard Drake that were raised together but he tried to mate my smaller drake so he got rehomed. I hope that all works out well for your Roosters. BYC is such a help in almost any situation.

Thanks for the welcome! The cockerel will probably end up being on the smaller side, since he's an Americana

 

[mklmcnutt]

Good luck and keep us posted on how it goes!

Thank you! Will do!

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

Welcome to BYC! I hope you are able to keep both of your guys.

 

[Hysteria]

Hello and welcome to BYC!

You will need plenty of hens to support 2 roosters, at least 6 hens each. The cockerel is pretty young yet, definitely use the see but don't touch method as mentioned above. Use a cage with all the chicks in it and keep it within the older flock for a couple of weeks. This allows the older flock to except the new flock easier without too much blood shed. When you do mix them, make sure to add more water and feed stations, hidy places, levels and such for the young ones to escape and get sustenance.

Roosters raised together generally set the pecking order more gently, boys not raised together can be violent and even kill each other. So be very careful, watch the young one stays safe.

Good luck and welcome to our community!

Correct!

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC! Good luck with your plans. I hope you are able to keep both of them.