Hip Hillbilly Acres
Crowing
Too bad I did not read in July/August when I went chicken ordering crazy. We are in the waiting to see who is a guy stage with 10 brooding from a straight run order and 17 in coop that we are listening to see the whosy whatsy. Our boys will be brahma, cochin.Since you're new, some of the good advice that I've followed is this:
Have a hen-only flock the first year then let mature hens raise up the males with good chicken manners. Not beat up on them and put them in fear, but teach them their place in chicken society so that they don't become bullies as hatchmate cockerels might if there are no adults to show them how a good chicken is supposed to behave.