What on earth??

[ShrekDawg]

I don’t have a plan yet. I don’t want them to turn into cock fighting chickens or chicken soup. I may have to try craigslist. I feel so bad having to get rid of them. They are super spoiled and my kids spend hours with them everyday.

That’s understandable! I would try it. You may luck out and find someone good. You could even specify they’re not for eating though sometimes people lie.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I’m thinking about keeping the speckled, but the cuckoo maran is really aggressive with the other chickens. At 3 weeks he was dragging them around by their necks. The two Wyandotte’s are super sweet too. As long as they stay sweet to the kids and the other chickens I don’t mind them staying. We didn’t want roos originally, but we have gotten so attached to them.

You could maybe keep the sweetest ones and rehome the meanie?

 

[ShrekDawg]

I have raised multipal roos together and have had good luck with them not fighting. You have a better chance of them getting along if they raised together. If you bring another roo in later they will fight but if they establish the pecking order and figure out who is boss then shouldnt fight for too long. If you have alot of hens just put them into groups. If they keep fighting then rehome. Id still raise them a bit bigger just to see who comes out the best for you and keep the ones you might want to breed. I wouldnt get rid off all but 1 right now just because what if the 1 you keep doesnt make it to maturity and you have zero roos. Unless you dont want roo then rehome all.

I think he might have been saying he was worried they would go to a home where someone would use them as fighting chickens if he rehomed them rather than being worried about them establishing pecking order?

 

[MROO]

I’m thinking about keeping the speckled, but the cuckoo maran is really aggressive with the other chickens. At 3 weeks he was dragging them around by their necks. The two Wyandotte’s are super sweet too. As long as they stay sweet to the kids and the other chickens I don’t mind them staying. We didn’t want roos originally, but we have gotten so attached to them.

If you've got the room - you only need space to house the four fellas safely & comfortably - then go ahead and separate them out. With no hens to fight over, they'll figure out their pecking order and become their own little frat house. The Bachelors at our house have been living that way for years. Just make sure you take ALL of your cockerels out of the coop. If you don't, "The Boys" will have lots more company when your fertile eggs start hatching!

 

[The_Patriot5150]

Wow! That is going to be one good looking salmon faverolle rooster alright! That definitely is a little boy. I love this breed because the roosters are so sweet and kind to you and the hens. My faverolle rooster liked to jump up on the bench and snuggle next to me when I was sitting. I would definitely keep him as your flock’s rooster!

 

[Fishfam6]

Wow! That is going to be one good looking salmon faverolle rooster alright! That definitely is a little boy. I love this breed because the roosters are so sweet and kind to you and the hens. My faverolle rooster liked to jump up on the bench and snuggle next to me when I was sitting. I would definitely keep him as your flock’s rooster!

She’s a rooster??? How can you tell??

 

[Fishfam6]

If you've got the room - you only need space to house the four fellas safely & comfortably - then go ahead and separate them out. With no hens to fight over, they'll figure out their pecking order and become their own little frat house. The Bachelors at our house have been living that way for years. Just make sure you take ALL of your cockerels out of the coop. If you don't, "The Boys" will have lots more company when your fertile eggs start hatching!

The coop I have now is for a small flock. We only planned on have 8 chickens. Now we are up to 16. We are teaching our chickens to be free range chickens. If we kept the boys how do we free range them and keep them from having babies with the hens?

 

[ShrekDawg]

The coop I have now is for a small flock. We only planned on have 8 chickens. Now we are up to 16. We are teaching our chickens to be free range chickens. If we kept the boys how do we free range them and keep them from having babies with the hens?

The eggs will only hatch if they’re incubated. If not then they won’t even develop. So as long as you collect the eggs every day, you won’t have to worry about that.

 

[The_Patriot5150]

She’s a rooster??? How can you tell??

Well as a chick that looks to be about 4 to 5 weeks old, he has a little more prominent wattle and it seems a little more of a deep red color. My rooster looked like that when he was around that age and I too thought he was a hen, it surprised me when are started to see saddle feathers on a hen so definitely look for them when he gets older to confirm he is a rooster.