[chrismahon]

Nice looking boy, perhaps a Welsummer cross. Best kept well away from your hatchlings. You will of course have more cockerels to deal with soon. I wouldn't put a mature cockerel with pullets until they are laying properly, so 26 weeks. Otherwise him treading them may cause some serious injuries.


Puzzling why you were given him in the first place? Was he intended to be your Sunday lunch?

[Kitchen Cottage]

Why are you giving away your scrap!!! Load it up and take it to the scrappy yourself, its a welcome little spring gift. 

Oh and, well done with the Cockerel...

[northfifeduckling]

_{I'm with Annie, I'd get him a couple of girls until the chicks are of age. I would not want to be without our boy, he's doing a great job looking after the girls and has never attacked a human. AFter what others are saying we must have been lucky! Good luck with your new addition!} 

[NicandChic]

Ive no idea why they wanted rid, too many cockerels I think (just a bit weird he was in the back of a trailer) anyway, I've not managed to get any closer than 5-6m from him, soon as he see's any of us he heads for the hills! We hear him cockadoodling in the morning and I've been putting food out for him, he was in the yard yesterday but that's been it, he must be roosting in trees at night or in one of our barns.
I've been intouch with a lady rehoming her chickens/hens so once her cockerels have gone if she's any girls left I will be taking them, hopefully lure him in a bit with some nice birds 

Currently got 7 wyandottes in the incubator 9 days old (our first time hatching) started with 12, I dropped one and 4 duds (thanks to you tube & the Internet I'm a dab hand at candling) can't wait to see if they make it to 21 days got lots of space to keep them away from current cockerel etc until they are big enough.
My plan at the moment is to keep and fatten any cockerels...but that may change, time will tell