We finally got the coop built and the attached run. And put the red heat light inside the top so that they would stay warm. We left them in the coop during the night and most of the day and then let them out for a few hours in mid afternoon. We did this routinely till they were big enough to stop the lighting. They began laying in August 4 (around 4 months)
We were told all 6 were hens but once they started laying we noticed we weren't getting 6 eggs each day and then one day while pruning the garden we heard a distinct cockadoodle-doo. Now we had to figure out which one it was. We had gotten several different breeds of chickens so we didn't notice any distinct differences in thier appearances. Probably a week was spent running out there to see who it was when we heard the crowing and finally we saw him 😃
We live in a HOA so no roosters allowed. We then spent some time on YouTube trying to figure out how to cull a rooster. After doing our research it was time. My husband got the hatchet and sharpened it. In one quick motion, he chopped off its head. The head now laying on the tree stump was still opening and closing its beak and eyes while it's neck and body was squawking and flailing about in my husbands hand. (I had heard the saying "...like a chicken with its head chopped off..." but I had never imagined the horror of it.) It's Something I NEVER want to see again! Good thing we did not raise these for Meat. 😲
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