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I’ve been mulling this over in my head ever since I knew I got a cockerel in my “guaranteed pullets” batch this spring. I’m looking for opinions and thoughts from other more experienced chicken keepers.
I have a five year old Ameraucana rooster, Mr. Beard. I’ll add a photo of him for fun
He is a super sweet rooster, never attacked a person, pretty nice to his hens, and leaves the pullets alone like a good boy. However, he is getting pretty old. I’ve noticed him failing to mate with the hens just because he loses his balance, but he’s still able to make it sometimes.
Then we have Soup, a light Brahma, named that because I assumed that would be his destiny. Of course a picture of this handsome boy is also needed.
He is 18 weeks old now, and just recently learned to crow. He’s never attacked anybody, and when he’s not chasing pullets around (
) he’s very sweet.
I put Soup in with the hens a couple weeks ago, as I was integrating the pullets and thought I would give him a chance with the hens. He was absolutely terrified of them. Of course my tiniest hen, who’s less than half his size, was the meanest to him. He was in there for about a week, until I got tired of him chasing the pullets around way too much. Then I switched the roosters out, and there was a definite shift in the flock dynamic. The hens were so much happier to have their old guy back, he was happy, and the pullets were happy they weren’t being chased all the time.
I know Soup is still young, and I’m willing to give him a couple more months to mature. He’s currently in with my two special needs hens, who are having the time of their lives making him behave in there
The main thing I’m worried about is his size. He’s much bigger than the hens already, and he’s just a baby. One of my pullets is a Leghorn, and she’s so tiny she looks like a bantam. Has anyone had problems with a rooster this much bigger than the hens?
It just doesn’t make sense to get rid of a young, strong rooster to keep the old one. Whoever we don’t keep is going to become soup though, and Soup the cockerel would be much better eating…
Thanks for reading my rambling post, I appreciate it. Any thoughts on this are welcome
I have a five year old Ameraucana rooster, Mr. Beard. I’ll add a photo of him for fun
He is a super sweet rooster, never attacked a person, pretty nice to his hens, and leaves the pullets alone like a good boy. However, he is getting pretty old. I’ve noticed him failing to mate with the hens just because he loses his balance, but he’s still able to make it sometimes.
Then we have Soup, a light Brahma, named that because I assumed that would be his destiny. Of course a picture of this handsome boy is also needed.
He is 18 weeks old now, and just recently learned to crow. He’s never attacked anybody, and when he’s not chasing pullets around (
) he’s very sweet.I put Soup in with the hens a couple weeks ago, as I was integrating the pullets and thought I would give him a chance with the hens. He was absolutely terrified of them. Of course my tiniest hen, who’s less than half his size, was the meanest to him. He was in there for about a week, until I got tired of him chasing the pullets around way too much. Then I switched the roosters out, and there was a definite shift in the flock dynamic. The hens were so much happier to have their old guy back, he was happy, and the pullets were happy they weren’t being chased all the time.
I know Soup is still young, and I’m willing to give him a couple more months to mature. He’s currently in with my two special needs hens, who are having the time of their lives making him behave in there
The main thing I’m worried about is his size. He’s much bigger than the hens already, and he’s just a baby. One of my pullets is a Leghorn, and she’s so tiny she looks like a bantam. Has anyone had problems with a rooster this much bigger than the hens?
It just doesn’t make sense to get rid of a young, strong rooster to keep the old one. Whoever we don’t keep is going to become soup though, and Soup the cockerel would be much better eating…
Thanks for reading my rambling post, I appreciate it. Any thoughts on this are welcome
