I know this is an old video but I wish I could give more than a 👍 simply for the part about "freeing/releasing" animals!!! We recently had an incident near me where a group broke into a mink farm & released the animals. Over 10,000 (I'm not even exaggerating a little) were hit and killed on the road within 12 hours! It caused car accidents too. Dead of winter, any that weren't hit more than likely starved to death. I'm not a fan of fur farms like this one either but I wish people could balance out they're hearts with some brains/thoughtfulness. Your message really just made me thankful that someone with a platform spoke up and said it, with kindness and sound reasoning to boot!!! New subscriber naturally 😉
I have 4 roosters and the 4th was added after a year to the flock they fought for a bit, I held him to the ground and everytime he would attack or chase the other roosters I would catch him and pet him even though he hates it 😅 he's much more friendly
I've had the very same experience ordering chicks from hatcheries. They know full well which are females, but they need to get rid of the males, so they toss one in if you order all hens, and 60-70% roosters if you order straight run. I don't mind a few around, as long as there are enough hens to keep them busy. If you have too many, they're too rough on the hens. And there's the occasional weirdo. I have one now that keeps breeding my ducks, and today I saw him chasing my turkey. He's looking more like dinner every day. 😉
I got straight run from someone off Craigslist. Ended up with 3 roosters and 1 hen. One of my roosters tried to mate with my female turkey. She wasn't having it. It was hilarious, she went after him so bad that one of the other roosters had to break it up. I have 6 pullets in my living room now, which will hopefully balance things out better later on once they're big enough to add to the coop.
My solution is to free range my roosters into the backyard. I have hawks and owls so not sure they will survive. Hoping the young roosters will eat my woods clean of ticks etc. I'll provide a separate house and some run under cover. My German shepherd dogs are OK with the birds, so fox, coyote and cats are likely to be killed.
Hi from Ireland. I keep three flocks: Brahmas and Wyandottes for meat and two separate flocks of Swedish Flower Hens for eggs, each flock has it's rooster. Luckily we're rural so noise isn't too much of an issue. However, after hatching time we always have "spare" roosters. We eat them. When it comes to their characters, I've found that if you handle them daily (pick them up, make a fuss of them, mind to hold the wings firmly tucked and the rooster under your arm) and if they ever try to attack you, catch him and hold him firmly to let him know who's boss. You may get a few scrapes and minor injuries but they're unlikely to be serious. Hold him for around five minutes. I've found a couple of times doing this settles them down fine. My roosters are all easily handled and placid which is good. I love keeping them with each flock as I believe it makes the hens happier and keeps them safer...we have predators here so they feel safer. Great video, thanks. :)
I’m a first time chicken owner. Ordered 12 hens and ended up with 4 roosters and 8 hens. 😳. But I won’t give my roosters away because I do take care of my animals. We will have to get rid of a few but we plan to feed our family with them. Our chickens are 4 months old.
My female pullets died because the male cockrells wanted to mate with them and didn't want to. They had broken wings and legs and eventually died . Separate the males from the females when you see them mating. Until the females are fully sexually mature and laying eggs. Watch to see if the rooster is gentle or mean to your hens.
Any rooster tastes good after an hour in the pressure cooker. We thank ours. 🤷♀️ Primal human circle of life thing. It’s before the pretty package. The benefits of raising your own food is irreplaceable. You know what’s gone into them. Clean, good eatin’!
We found ourselves with 2 roosters in our flock last year. A golden wyandotte, and a barred rock. Our BR was mean as hell so we wound up dispatching him ourselves at home. We did a lot of research beforehand, and our daughter helped with plucking and gutting... and seasoning. It was a whole family experience lol our other boy (Tormund) watches our flock of 5 and he's got the sweetest disposition ❤ I highly recommend dispatching and eating a roo if you cannot keep it, but I also highly recommend keeping a roo to watch the girls!
I never have problems on Facebook selling my farm animals etc . But I also use my extras as food as well for us or dog food , pig food, chicken feed too
My excess roosters are going to be table food!!! Raised chickens growing up, and I'll butcher extra roosters when I see which one is top of the flock! and I'll rotate roosters every year, its why I did dual purpose birds, I don't care how many roosters I end up with...I know how to do ALL of it...
As much as people hate it, we eat chickens all the time :) Its better to have a hand raised chicken, good nutrition, happy life with room to run. A great life and one bad day. Just my thoughts anyways. I always keep about three rooster to my 18-20 hens. They always break into groups anyways. But having a couple roudy boys has kept most predators out of the yard. Not 100% but way better than when we had hens only. Its also fun to learn what all the calls mean. I had hawks and fox calls down pat pretty fast. :) Have a great day love your chickens!
I remember an old episode of Dirty Jobs where Mike Rowe goes out on a rooster patrol (pretty sure it was in CA) as they had so many released chickens and they were multiplying into huge numbers and becoming a health hazard to residents and traffic hazards. So glad you listed reasons for people not to do that. Thank you!
You're right...they can vary in temperament and worth. I had a Plymouth Rock that was amazing. He was ever watchful for varmints and searched for food when free ranging and would call the girls to him and then step back and let them eat first. He was very brave and I witnessed him standing up to an owl and a large dog. I also had some worthless roosters. A Lavender Orpington, Light Brahma and New Hampshire were worthless but tasted good. The Light Brahma was so large he tore up the hens and did nothing of value for the hens. The Lavender Orpington was a bully and pushed the hens away from food and was a total coward. My New Hampshire roosters were always attacking people, especially children. My experience has been every Plymouth Rock has been what I want in a rooster and the same with the hens. Buff Orpingtons and Black Australorps have also been the best farm chickens and free rangers I've owned.
Fun fact if your Rooster/Roosters are aggressive towards you or other humans it’s bc they think you’re a threat. & you can change that action or way of thinking
Good stuff brother I think the same way you do! Your right about straight run I ordered 5 americanas so I could get rooster and I got 4 and 1 hen 😡. That’s ok I have 60 plus birds and they all got along! Now I have 11 roosters but everyone has there spot in the flock no one fights to bad every now and then the boys will get into a scrap but never blood or anything crazy
Extra roosters are what chicken dinner is made of. That being said, the one we kept is kind of an asshole, but he does his job. We got 40 baby chicks from him. We have tussled though and I had to teach him who was boss, but even then he still tries to go at me from time to time. Unfortunately, for him, I'm not afraid of him and will happily grab him when he tries to flog me. One tip, go out at night when he's roosting, grab him, and clip the spurs and nails. Dog nail clippers and a nail file are your friends.
One solution for too many roosters is caponizing, which means surgically removing both of their testicles at a young age around 6 to 8 weeks before sexual maturity. After caponizing, the little cockerel becomes less aggressive, does not crow and doesn't fight with other members of the flock. The reason for caponizing is that the capon gains a lot of weight . It will reach the size of a small turkey. Before Cornish Cross were developed, most farmers caponized their excess cockerel before sexual maturity for meat. Also capons were also used to brood young chicks as a surrogate mother/father.
The issue with caponizing for us is that you remove the ability of that rooster to procreate and replace old or undesirable roosters, and they will still get beat up by un caponized roosters.
I keep my roosters out in the yard in the early morning and overnight. When the hens come out during the day, I sort my excess roosters into the coop and leave my two main roosters out (chosen for being most docile with the hens, I also have 30 hens so they split between 2 roosters just fine). Most people either dont have the time or the patience to sort their birds every day, but I love my roosters. I have a total of 6, and they are not aggressive and I have grown fond of each 😂❤ I definitely do NOT need any more roosters though! I am set for a long time lol.
Great topic and you covered it very respectfully We are looking for roosters in kijji which is Canadian cregs list We got 10 silky roosters full grown less than$5 each We kept one for breeding and gave a few away for the same and culled the rest Its true that you can get more than 50% roosters We have gotten straight run mixed chicks and one hen rest roos Some roos are ok but i found the more wild types get to be bullies quickly especially if theres only one hen It was a cream legbar mix and the roos were just mean Another mean roo i have is a bantom buff bramas one was a week older than the others and protected them well its not an aunty its an uncle and ready to pull my arm off until i pick him up then he cuddles lol Roosters can be more daring, more protective and more observant Which means they are usually the first chicks to be played with the most They become the most lovable and im glad you covered this the way you did We cull roosters but theres some we just cant and yoy need to respect that when buying roosters too Sometimes people just want them gone Sometimes the roo is loved and they just cant keep a roo
I have had chickens over 20 years. I've bought from hatcheries, I've had broodies raise chicks, and in the last 10 years I have incubated a few small batches. In the batches I've raised, every single batch has a 70-80% rate of roosters. I thought it was just my bad luck, but apparently it sounds the norm 🤷 So over the years, I have had to place A LOT of roosters. So far I have never eaten my chickens, so we try to find them a home with a flock. But I'm afraid some have ended up in a pot. And I only hope none have ended up in a fighting ring.
Very well explained, thanks so much for sharing. We will process our roo's, but we know that it isn't everyone's cup of tea. Question... Do you leave the egg shells on the hard boiled eggs for the pigs?
when ordering straight run from a hatchery the majority I always get is females example if I order 40 chics 20 - 30 will be females and 10 males sometimes a bit more but that’s ok it’s nice to have roosters within your flock I always had that thought specially when people tell me or from a video that straight run you’ll get nothing but males and just a few females but that’s not my case it’s the other way around I get Mostly females and some males
What is a good rooster to hen ratio? My buddy inherited a small farm. (Lucky guy) He has 2 roosters with 7 hens. All the chickens are very old but healthy. Last egg produced was two Christmas ago (2021. Been 3 weeks. No eggs.) 12 arche farm in the land bank till 2025. The act like pets. (The coop was really bad. Funny job for my Buddy and his wife. New straw. Apparently so many happy chicken sounds.) Crazy question. Have you ever heard of someone coming in to cull the entire heard for a price?
LOL I just had this conversation with one of my roosters tonight. Went something like… Why do you have to be a ****** ****** If you don’t stop, I’m gonna light the grill right now! My neighbors were rolling, I didn’t realize they could hear me in the run 🤣 😂😂
I have an Egyptian Fayoumi and he's definitely gotten too big for his britches... which annoys my Blue Andalusian and White Leghorn roosters... so they remind him of his place. 😅
I bought 6 "female" chicks and am pretty sure that 2 of them are roosters. 1 is crowing already and 1 is looking mighty suspicious. I'm watching the tail feathers. I have mixed feelings though. He is a beautiful bird and I raised these birds since April and put a lot into them. Maybe we'll eat him. maybe we'll give him away.
You failed to address the question posed by the title... I have three roosters in a flock of 12 birds. Having four hens... I ordered 8 hens and received 3 roosters and 5 hens. I only wanted 1 rooster at most... Can I keep two? All three? do I need to add hens?
Soup chickens! They make great stock! I dont even raise chickens, but I take free rosters so I can make a bunch of really high quality stock that I jar at home. So easy and cheap!
About 3PM I heard the neighbor chickens in an uproar inside their coop so I went to check what the problem was. A neighbor's pit bull was nose to nose with a rooster with only the chicken wire between. The pit bull had ribs showing, so it was not by any means an inquisitive meeting. It was predatory. But that little rooster stood up to the dog while the girls cowered inside the henhouse. It was pure OK Corral. When dog decided the rooster wasn't accessible it lowered its head to look at me. No sound. Just a " I can take her" stare.
Hello Jack! Catching up on videos after being gone for a week! How many roosters for 25 chickens? We are getting some for our hens. First time rooster newbies. Thanks!
Depends. If you’re breeding you’d need to separate them in groups and have one rooster per 5 hens. If you’re only looking for protection, I think 1 rooster will be fine.
@@thelouiebrand thanks. We ended up getting one shortly after I made this comment and it worked out great! He is very active and we have hatched several chicks. Thanks for the response!
I know this is an old video but I wish I could give more than a 👍 simply for the part about "freeing/releasing" animals!!! We recently had an incident near me where a group broke into a mink farm & released the animals. Over 10,000 (I'm not even exaggerating a little) were hit and killed on the road within 12 hours! It caused car accidents too. Dead of winter, any that weren't hit more than likely starved to death. I'm not a fan of fur farms like this one either but I wish people could balance out they're hearts with some brains/thoughtfulness. Your message really just made me thankful that someone with a platform spoke up and said it, with kindness and sound reasoning to boot!!! New subscriber naturally 😉
Thank you! I am keeping my surprise Rooster! Hes 50% Stay away & 50% I wanna be you friend. Perfect for the ladies! Thanks for this video!
First time chicken owner order 35 chicks got 30 female 5 males so happy my bantam are doing great
I love to hear my roosters crow in the morning country living at its best
I have 4 roosters and the 4th was added after a year to the flock they fought for a bit, I held him to the ground and everytime he would attack or chase the other roosters I would catch him and pet him even though he hates it 😅 he's much more friendly
I've had the very same experience ordering chicks from hatcheries. They know full well which are females, but they need to get rid of the males, so they toss one in if you order all hens, and 60-70% roosters if you order straight run. I don't mind a few around, as long as there are enough hens to keep them busy. If you have too many, they're too rough on the hens. And there's the occasional weirdo. I have one now that keeps breeding my ducks, and today I saw him chasing my turkey. He's looking more like dinner every day. 😉
I got straight run from someone off Craigslist. Ended up with 3 roosters and 1 hen. One of my roosters tried to mate with my female turkey. She wasn't having it. It was hilarious, she went after him so bad that one of the other roosters had to break it up. I have 6 pullets in my living room now, which will hopefully balance things out better later on once they're big enough to add to the coop.
My solution is to free range my roosters into the backyard. I have hawks and owls so not sure they will survive. Hoping the young roosters will eat my woods clean of ticks etc. I'll provide a separate house and some run under cover. My German shepherd dogs are OK with the birds, so fox, coyote and cats are likely to be killed.
Hi from Ireland. I keep three flocks: Brahmas and Wyandottes for meat and two separate flocks of Swedish Flower Hens for eggs, each flock has it's rooster. Luckily we're rural so noise isn't too much of an issue. However, after hatching time we always have "spare" roosters. We eat them. When it comes to their characters, I've found that if you handle them daily (pick them up, make a fuss of them, mind to hold the wings firmly tucked and the rooster under your arm) and if they ever try to attack you, catch him and hold him firmly to let him know who's boss. You may get a few scrapes and minor injuries but they're unlikely to be serious. Hold him for around five minutes. I've found a couple of times doing this settles them down fine. My roosters are all easily handled and placid which is good. I love keeping them with each flock as I believe it makes the hens happier and keeps them safer...we have predators here so they feel safer.
Great video, thanks. :)
I’m a first time chicken owner. Ordered 12 hens and ended up with 4 roosters and 8 hens. 😳. But I won’t give my roosters away because I do take care of my animals. We will have to get rid of a few but we plan to feed our family with them. Our chickens are 4 months old.
My female pullets died because the male cockrells wanted to mate with them and didn't want to. They had broken wings and legs and eventually died . Separate the males from the females when you see them mating. Until the females are fully sexually mature and laying eggs. Watch to see if the rooster is gentle or mean to your hens.
I think you meant you were going to eat the roosters and if so they do not taste like chickens. Actually kinda gross tasting.
@@daniellafrederici8030
People eat rooster all the time at the grocery store. A male chicken is still a chicken
Any rooster tastes good after an hour in the pressure cooker. We thank ours. 🤷♀️ Primal human circle of life thing. It’s before the pretty package. The benefits of raising your own food is irreplaceable. You know what’s gone into them. Clean, good eatin’!
I use the ones that are tough. I make bone broth.
I see that Bearded Golden Laced Crested Polish hen back there ❤️🔥one of my favorites. She would love my Rambo
We found ourselves with 2 roosters in our flock last year. A golden wyandotte, and a barred rock. Our BR was mean as hell so we wound up dispatching him ourselves at home. We did a lot of research beforehand, and our daughter helped with plucking and gutting... and seasoning. It was a whole family experience lol our other boy (Tormund) watches our flock of 5 and he's got the sweetest disposition ❤ I highly recommend dispatching and eating a roo if you cannot keep it, but I also highly recommend keeping a roo to watch the girls!
Of course! Seperate them from the flock, mix up some dry rub and fire up the offset smoker!!
I never have problems on Facebook selling my farm animals etc .
But I also use my extras as food as well for us or dog food , pig food, chicken feed too
Can I buy some from you?
My excess roosters are going to be table food!!! Raised chickens growing up, and I'll butcher extra roosters when I see which one is top of the flock! and I'll rotate roosters every year, its why I did dual purpose birds, I don't care how many roosters I end up with...I know how to do ALL of it...
New chicken owner and now, new subscriber! Your video was very helpful and informative. Looking forward to more videos both old and new!
As much as people hate it, we eat chickens all the time :)
Its better to have a hand raised chicken, good nutrition, happy life with room to run. A great life and one bad day.
Just my thoughts anyways. I always keep about three rooster to my 18-20 hens. They always break into groups anyways. But having a couple roudy boys has kept most predators out of the yard. Not 100% but way better than when we had hens only. Its also fun to learn what all the calls mean. I had hawks and fox calls down pat pretty fast. :)
Have a great day love your chickens!
I think roosters also alert when they find food. Never owned one, but am interested.
They do. I have 3 of them. One of mine also crows over and over in the morning if I don't let him out of the run but that's because I've spoiled him.
Can hard boil 30 eggs in an Instantpot. …then freeze dry tor dog food. Or use for chickens esp if they are sick waiting to feel better to eat.
I don’t have an aggressive rooster but I do have a mean and nasty chicken. I have two. Your information was helpful.
I remember an old episode of Dirty Jobs where Mike Rowe goes out on a rooster patrol (pretty sure it was in CA) as they had so many released chickens and they were multiplying into huge numbers and becoming a health hazard to residents and traffic hazards. So glad you listed reasons for people not to do that. Thank you!
Beautiful red beard!
That was wonderful, thank you!!!
You're right...they can vary in temperament and worth. I had a Plymouth Rock that was amazing. He was ever watchful for varmints and searched for food when free ranging and would call the girls to him and then step back and let them eat first. He was very brave and I witnessed him standing up to an owl and a large dog. I also had some worthless roosters. A Lavender Orpington, Light Brahma and New Hampshire were worthless but tasted good. The Light Brahma was so large he tore up the hens and did nothing of value for the hens. The Lavender Orpington was a bully and pushed the hens away from food and was a total coward. My New Hampshire roosters were always attacking people, especially children. My experience has been every Plymouth Rock has been what I want in a rooster and the same with the hens. Buff Orpingtons and Black Australorps have also been the best farm chickens and free rangers I've owned.
Having roosters are half of the fun of owning chickens
Fun fact if your Rooster/Roosters are aggressive towards you or other humans it’s bc they think you’re a threat. & you can change that action or way of thinking
Yes that is so true..
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Good stuff brother I think the same way you do! Your right about straight run I ordered 5 americanas so I could get rooster and I got 4 and 1 hen 😡. That’s ok I have 60 plus birds and they all got along! Now I have 11 roosters but everyone has there spot in the flock no one fights to bad every now and then the boys will get into a scrap but never blood or anything crazy
Yeah dinner is pretty much the best option
Extra roosters are what chicken dinner is made of. That being said, the one we kept is kind of an asshole, but he does his job. We got 40 baby chicks from him. We have tussled though and I had to teach him who was boss, but even then he still tries to go at me from time to time. Unfortunately, for him, I'm not afraid of him and will happily grab him when he tries to flog me. One tip, go out at night when he's roosting, grab him, and clip the spurs and nails. Dog nail clippers and a nail file are your friends.
For your tip on searching free rooster 👌
One solution for too many roosters is caponizing, which means surgically removing both of their testicles at a young age around 6 to 8 weeks before sexual maturity. After caponizing, the little cockerel becomes less aggressive, does not crow and doesn't fight with other members of the flock. The reason for caponizing is that the capon gains a lot of weight . It will reach the size of a small turkey. Before Cornish Cross were developed, most farmers caponized their excess cockerel before sexual maturity for meat. Also capons were also used to brood young chicks as a surrogate mother/father.
The issue with caponizing for us is that you remove the ability of that rooster to procreate and replace old or undesirable roosters, and they will still get beat up by un caponized roosters.
love your channel Jack!!
Enjoyed your video thanks for sharing your thought on roosters. Have a super day. Lisa @moneypit homestead
Great video, Jack. 👍🏽😎👍🏽
I like your Ft Thomas Midway t'shirt. We live in the next town :)
Ha! I’ve never actually been there. A friend sent it to me along with some other swag after he went.
@@TheMindfulHomestead Nice town, you guys will have to visit some time. btw enjoy the info you share.
Thank you
My sweet rooster is named pancake
That’s an awesome name.
Great video Jack. Very informative.
Great video and information. Thank you!
Thank you 😊
I keep my roosters out in the yard in the early morning and overnight. When the hens come out during the day, I sort my excess roosters into the coop and leave my two main roosters out (chosen for being most docile with the hens, I also have 30 hens so they split between 2 roosters just fine).
Most people either dont have the time or the patience to sort their birds every day, but I love my roosters. I have a total of 6, and they are not aggressive and I have grown fond of each 😂❤
I definitely do NOT need any more roosters though! I am set for a long time lol.
I have about four roosters right now that I need to get rid of. We have a local livestock auction that I take them to or I love chicken pot pie
Jack I’m totally interested in your workshop if you still have room! I’ll message you
You put out fantastic videos in that you cover so many details involved in what it takes to raise and harvest livestock. Appreciate it!😃🌈🤙
This was a great and informative video!
Great topic and you covered it very respectfully
We are looking for roosters in kijji which is Canadian cregs list
We got 10 silky roosters full grown less than$5 each
We kept one for breeding and gave a few away for the same and culled the rest
Its true that you can get more than 50% roosters
We have gotten straight run mixed chicks and one hen rest roos
Some roos are ok but i found the more wild types get to be bullies quickly especially if theres only one hen
It was a cream legbar mix and the roos were just mean
Another mean roo i have is a bantom buff bramas one was a week older than the others and protected them well its not an aunty its an uncle and ready to pull my arm off until i pick him up then he cuddles lol
Roosters can be more daring, more protective and more observant
Which means they are usually the first chicks to be played with the most
They become the most lovable and im glad you covered this the way you did
We cull roosters but theres some we just cant and yoy need to respect that when buying roosters too
Sometimes people just want them gone
Sometimes the roo is loved and they just cant keep a roo
What kind of roo is Merck? He looks just like mine.
Great video. Thank you.
Wow
Perfect
Thanx
I have had chickens over 20 years. I've bought from hatcheries, I've had broodies raise chicks, and in the last 10 years I have incubated a few small batches.
In the batches I've raised, every single batch has a 70-80% rate of roosters. I thought it was just my bad luck, but apparently it sounds the norm 🤷
So over the years, I have had to place A LOT of roosters.
So far I have never eaten my chickens, so we try to find them a home with a flock. But I'm afraid some have ended up in a pot. And I only hope none have ended up in a fighting ring.
Very well explained, thanks so much for sharing. We will process our roo's, but we know that it isn't everyone's cup of tea.
Question... Do you leave the egg shells on the hard boiled eggs for the pigs?
I think so! I do for my dog, it’s a good source of calcium :)
when ordering straight run from a hatchery the majority I always get is females example if I order 40 chics 20 - 30 will be females and 10 males sometimes a bit more but that’s ok it’s nice to have roosters within your flock I always had that thought specially when people tell me or from a video that straight run you’ll get nothing but males and just a few females but that’s not my case it’s the other way around I get Mostly females and some males
What is a good rooster to hen ratio? My buddy inherited a small farm. (Lucky guy) He has 2 roosters with 7 hens. All the chickens are very old but healthy. Last egg produced was two Christmas ago (2021. Been 3 weeks. No eggs.) 12 arche farm in the land bank till 2025. The act like pets. (The coop was really bad. Funny job for my Buddy and his wife. New straw. Apparently so many happy chicken sounds.) Crazy question. Have you ever heard of someone coming in to cull the entire heard for a price?
Hi Jack!! I hope everyone will look up "Coq Au Vin" and give it a shot. Delicious stuff. Cheers. ~Mike
2weeks ago at an auction in Kentucky a semi rare rooster sold for $175. This is why you don’t get $2 chickens lol
Remind the rooster it can always become lunch if it’s attitude doesn’t improve
That’s always an option.
LOL I just had this conversation with one of my roosters tonight. Went something like… Why do you have to be a ****** ****** If you don’t stop, I’m gonna light the grill right now!
My neighbors were rolling, I didn’t realize they could hear me in the run 🤣 😂😂
I have an Egyptian Fayoumi and he's definitely gotten too big for his britches... which annoys my Blue Andalusian and White Leghorn roosters... so they remind him of his place. 😅
I bought 6 "female" chicks and am pretty sure that 2 of them are roosters. 1 is crowing already and 1 is looking mighty suspicious. I'm watching the tail feathers. I have mixed feelings though. He is a beautiful bird and I raised these birds since April and put a lot into them. Maybe we'll eat him. maybe we'll give him away.
You failed to address the question posed by the title...
I have three roosters in a flock of 12 birds. Having four hens... I ordered 8 hens and received 3 roosters and 5 hens. I only wanted 1 rooster at most... Can I keep two? All three? do I need to add hens?
1 rooster to 9 hens is a pretty standard ratio. We keep one rooster with 30 hens.
Soup chickens! They make great stock! I dont even raise chickens, but I take free rosters so I can make a bunch of really high quality stock that I jar at home. So easy and cheap!
How are the gobblers doing?
I used to have 2 roosters. They did well with like 6 hens total till they decided one hen had to die. In my life, I had never seen that.
About 3PM I heard the neighbor chickens in an uproar inside their coop so I went to check what the problem was. A neighbor's pit bull was nose to nose with a rooster with only the chicken wire between. The pit bull had ribs showing, so it was not by any means an inquisitive meeting. It was predatory. But that little rooster stood up to the dog while the girls cowered inside the henhouse. It was pure OK Corral.
When dog decided the rooster wasn't accessible it lowered its head to look at me. No sound. Just a " I can take her" stare.
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Hello Jack! Catching up on videos after being gone for a week! How many roosters for 25 chickens? We are getting some for our hens. First time rooster newbies. Thanks!
Depends. If you’re breeding you’d need to separate them in groups and have one rooster per 5 hens. If you’re only looking for protection, I think 1 rooster will be fine.
@@thelouiebrand thanks. We ended up getting one shortly after I made this comment and it worked out great! He is very active and we have hatched several chicks. Thanks for the response!
What kind of rooster is that? he looks similar to my buff brahma bantam
what breed is murph
How much can you sell a rooster for?
Why did you mention Orpingtons a heritage breed as common???
Because around here every feed store sells them in he spring. Most every back yard flock has them.
@@TheMindfulHomestead wow, no one has the heritage breed around here of them...but great dual purpose bird, 👍🏻
Is there an age limit for eating your hens?
Exactly 80% of my straight run have become roosters.
I have 4 serema roosters. Will I be able to sell. I am keeping one
What breed are s murf?
Fence roosters seperate
💥 Very educational video! I learned a lot about roosters!
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Skiles Heights
Vern Rest
I would take in the roosters for free and turn it into dog food for my wife's dogs❤
Give away? I eat my roosters. And the 2 year old girls. 😊
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