Young roosters

I had a ancona rooster that crowed at 4 weeks from Meyer hatchery. it was supposed to be a female. And I only bought the one. with 4 other birds. It took 4 days for them to be delivered. 4 is a big number today!
 
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Hm... Now that they are seven weeks you might witness small fights of which are considered 'challenging.' Challenging is something that almost all cockerels will do if you have more than one when they are younger.

Sadly, you might not know until they are fully matured or at least fully grown how their temperament will be. Once they are almost mature enough that they stop challenging... Dominance may take place.

They will develop to the point that they have their hackle feathers as a example, dominance when it comes to hens will start... The dominance won't be terribly rough although might be intimidating. It's more like they are showing each other who's boss and who's the one who has the hens.

Finally. They are fully grown and fully matured... They might begin getting a bit too rough. That's the hard part. But I don't want to make your mind think that they will most certainly be rough, they may not, but I just want you and your flock prepared in case. :)

Dominance sadly takes place in all flocks if they have two roosters... But you can control dominance a bit. You cannot control something extremely worse than dominance.

I hope this helps even the slightest of all bit. Good luck and God bless on your journey. Best wishes and I hope that your flock works how you'd like. ;)

-Angry Hen

Another thing, the best you can do is spend time with them and break up any signs of fighting. But it will take time for you to figure out what they'll be like.
 
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Once I hatched out 2 chicks, a rooster and a hen, when they were 3 weeks old, I got 2 baby chicks from a friend. The rooster and hen were so happy to see other chickens they didn't peck the babies, and the rooster laid down so he was short like they were and showed them how to eat.
That is really sweet. My chicken babies as they are known around here lol, don't eat hardly anything, I mean like lettuce tomatoes nothing. They ate that crumble stuff for a while, and then they got some seed stuff and wouldn't eat the crumble anymore. They do eat grass, but they will not eat the pellets and pick through the scratch. I have wondered if it was because they were never around other chickens and they weren't taught what to eat or something because it is both of them. They won't even attempt anything big either, and by big, I mean anything bigger than the seeds. I read they like peanuts and raisins and the half peanuts they won't touch they are too big, and they aren't really interested in either the peanuts or the raisins. They are picking at them though. They were interested in my Doritos though lol. I've been a little worried the more I read because they have lost weight since I had to move them right before Thanksgiving. They are outside now and at a friends house with a heat lamp but they were pretty much just in our house until this move, and they are almost 8 months old. My worry is that they are having to keep warm all of a sudden and they aren't the right kinds of food to help them do so, and maybe that is why they are losing weight. I have no idea how to get them to eat the foods that every place I read say they like to eat. It's crazy.
 
I have seen that when I take my babies from crumbles to pellets, eventually they start to eat, maybe mix their food with hardboiled eggs to give'm protein and electrolights in their water would be helpful.
 
One of my babies likes to cuddle up in my lap and be petted and the other one will only let me hold him if my hands arent around his wings and his feet are on something, so i have to let him stand on my arm when i want to pick him up.
 
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That is really sweet. My chicken babies as they are known around here lol, don't eat hardly anything, I mean like lettuce tomatoes nothing. They ate that crumble stuff for a while, and then they got some seed stuff and wouldn't eat the crumble anymore. They do eat grass, but they will not eat the pellets and pick through the scratch. I have wondered if it was because they were never around other chickens and they weren't taught what to eat or something because it is both of them. They won't even attempt anything big either, and by big, I mean anything bigger than the seeds. I read they like peanuts and raisins and the half peanuts they won't touch they are too big, and they aren't really interested in either the peanuts or the raisins. They are picking at them though. They were interested in my Doritos though lol. I've been a little worried the more I read because they have lost weight since I had to move them right before Thanksgiving. They are outside now and at a friends house with a heat lamp but they were pretty much just in our house until this move, and they are almost 8 months old. My worry is that they are having to keep warm all of a sudden and they aren't the right kinds of food to help them do so, and maybe that is why they are losing weight. I have no idea how to get them to eat the foods that every place I read say they like to eat. It's crazy.
Maybe try feeding them wet crumbles? If they're roosters, it would be a better idea to not feed them layer pellets at all. If they were mine, I would feed them wet flock raiser or grower feed and see if they eat that.
 

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