What cockerel should I choose?!

[Chelsa'sChicks]

It's funny because my two BO crosses are the most curious and nippy of my cockerels! From what I've seen that doesn't sound like a great thing at this point. So think they're gone. They sure are pretty though! And EEs can be sexed a lot easier than some people think. I was 90% sure of my sexing at 2 weeks. That was for all of my 19 chicks!

Yeah BO is purebred I've never had a rooster mix. That's awesome about your EEs! I just bought and hand picked 6.. some how even the staff picked up the ones I wanted.. I ended up with 7! I went off behavior and body language. One chick she picked up I did want until he cried loudly and we both looked at each other..and I said put him back. I don't want to take any chances.. all the other cgicks were very quite. He was a black and white chick and was beautiful, but I already have 2 roos. I've been watching them on and off for a few hours and by the way they are acting I feel like they are all pullets. I've heard you can't sex EEs off wings/feathers like other breeds... so now I wait.

 

[lases77]

Sounds like the game I had to play last year with all the cockerels I got. In a box of 20 assorted bantams I ended up with 17 boys and started my rehoming process at about 8 weeks old.

I began with the ones that simply didn’t look good enough to me, then by breeds I wasn’t as interested in, then the ones whose personalities I liked the least, then deciding on the nicest ones to my girls. The final cock was rehomed because I didn’t like his crowing habits and thought his brother had the prettier face.

I had to buy more chicks to make up for the terrible numbers and got a stunning boy in that group of 12, so by 5-6 months old I’d whittled it down to 2 males out of 21. Several months later, my favorite chick from the get go is still my favorite rooster, and my beta roo has his good qualities but may be a tad rough on a few of the pullets. I may reevaluate keeping him as my first batch of home hatched chicks mature.

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My top contender, beautiful and ultra friendly, Haku
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And second in command, gorgeous but people shy, Nova

How many hens do you have with your two boys? How big is their coop and how big is their run? I'm trying to decide whether I could accommodate my two cockerels (currently 5 wks old - barred rock and a blue meran). They get along very peacefully now. Both are good with the girls so far (a little too early to tell their true nature at this age, I'm guessing?) The BR is a little more assertive but nothing more. They will all be in a 8x10 coop and a 16x20 run with free range outings when we are home. There are 16 girls.
Do you think I have a good chance? If not, then we can freezer camp at that point, but thought it would be worth trying them together, first. Thoughts?