Young roosters

[Peeps61]

So far I have been finding them homes, but we live in the country.

We do too. I'm sure most folks that take the cockerels eat them.

 

[flappychicken]

cool!

 

[gimmie birdies]

day 3 pic

I don't think alot of other eggs are fertile.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Day 5 and the only one I believe was fertile, darn winter... I switched out the non-fertile eggs with some that might be fertile. If not I have a mom for this baby.

one of the eggs I hope is fertile.

 

[tuesdaylove]

I have not personally ever had roosters be able to live together long-term. I guess it could be because they always live in runs, since free-ranging is not a safe option where I live. Maybe if they had more space to get away from each other they could live peacefully. I once had a Cochin bantam roo and a booted bantam roo raised together and they got along for about two years before the Cochin nearly killed the booted. Last year I raised two young cockerels with their father -- d'Uccle mixes, really good roosters overall. The youngest cockerel never started any problems, but the older cockerel grew up to be bigger than his dad and started challenging him, so they were separated. Now I've got a standard sized mixed breed that I suspect is a young roo, he's about three months old and trying to challenge a bantam roo, but luckily no real fights have broken out yet. They'll be separated soon.

 

[flappychicken]

my friend has 6 roosters living together, and they are all happy. They used to free range until there chickens started getting picked off almost daily. And their roos are all still pretty happy! Until they got a bantam that was soooo mean! and Wreaked Havoc!

so as long as they have a good history together they should be pretty good!

 

[Phaedra Winters]

I have not personally ever had roosters be able to live together long-term. I guess it could be because they always live in runs, since free-ranging is not a safe option where I live. Maybe if they had more space to get away from each other they could live peacefully. I once had a Cochin bantam roo and a booted bantam roo raised together and they got along for about two years before the Cochin nearly killed the booted. Last year I raised two young cockerels with their father -- d'Uccle mixes, really good roosters overall. The youngest cockerel never started any problems, but the older cockerel grew up to be bigger than his dad and started challenging him, so they were separated. Now I've got a standard sized mixed breed that I suspect is a young roo, he's about three months old and trying to challenge a bantam roo, but luckily no real fights have broken out yet. They'll be separated soon.

I have three roosters, all introduced through separate times over the years, and they live in a closed run together just fine. It's really not that big of a run but they never fight, I guess it just depends on the roosters. My bantam rooster tends to be more people aggressive tbh. But that's just my personal experience.