Chicken savvy

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    amanda07
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    Hi, I’m asking for a bit of advice concerning our new chikens (they arrived in november). We have ten ‘nude necked’ hens which arrived with five cock birds of the same race. I’ve culled two and left three, with differing tail colours, to choose from for breeding. This is the first time we’ve had males of the same race as the females, so the first time we’ve thought about breeding them. The time has come to decide which to keep as the cocks have begun to display. The most goodlooking bird is definitely the most dominent; however he is also aggressive with the hens, so i’m wondering if i’d do better to keep one of the more mild mannered cocks??? Any ideas? thanks A

    #48297
    Patrick
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    What do you mean by “aggressive”? Keep the one that you like the best. If that’s the most dominant, so be it. Keep him busy by giving him plenty of things to do. Do a web search for chicken enrichment for plenty of ideas.

    #48298
    dominiquer60
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    The most sexually aggressive male will get his job done, the mild mannered ones can become too timid to be reproductively successful. Save the one that you like best, if you can keep two cockerels than it is a good idea to have a spare. If you can’t manage to keep two give your second favorite to a friend that would lend him back to you in case something happens to #1.

    #48299
    amanda07
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    @dominiquer60 5318 wrote:

    The most sexually aggressive male will get his job done, the mild mannered ones can become too timid to be reproductively successful. Save the one that you like best, if you can keep two cockerels than it is a good idea to have a spare. If you can’t manage to keep two give your second favorite to a friend that would lend him back to you in case something happens to #1.

    Thankyou, I’ve arranged to give one to a neighbour in exchange for a doe rabbit- cool, A

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