if memory serves my rooster problem consists of one Plymouth Rock, two Dominique who were bred here, a Rhode Island Red, that fancy dude who is gentle as a lamb, and two mostly white dudes who may be leghorn crosses. I'd say the farmer who gave them to her sexed them. I get the last laugh though there is a Lakenvelder hen.
I didn't actually need more birds since I have 4 Dominique laying and 6 young Plymouth Rock starting. The old Dominique rooster committed fratricide over the summer so the position of #2 rooster is open. I might keep 3 if they get along.
I can think of two roosterless flocks nearby and the one dude would make a pet. Soup is the likely outcome for the remaining.
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