{"id":110031,"date":"2024-04-19T03:00:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T07:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/?p=110031"},"modified":"2024-04-25T09:15:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T13:15:59","slug":"teenage-cockerels-pullets-can-require-extra-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/teenage-cockerels-pullets-can-require-extra-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Raising Chickens for Beginners: The Teenage Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

Raising chickens for beginners not only includes day-old chicks but also the results about eight weeks later as those chicks turn into<\/span> gangly little cockerels and pullets<\/a><\/strong> with scruffy feathers, big feet (especially the males) and attitudes\u2014constantly bopping each other with their wings or using their tiny beaks as weapons.<\/p>\n

Welcome to the world of teenage chickens, that in-between stage when our chooks are no longer chicks but also aren\u2019t full-fledged (pun intended) roosters and hens. This time is also when the mother hen and her offspring seem to mutually agree that the time of mama shepherding them through their day is kaput.<\/span><\/p>\n

Raising Chickens for Beginners: Teenage Behavior<\/h2>\n

Tom Watkins, president of McMurray Hatchery<\/a>, gives insight on raising chickens for beginners during their teenage time.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBasically around 6 to 8 weeks after hatching, the mother hen senses it\u2019s time to stop protecting her chicks,\u201d he says. \u201cIf the mother and her young are in a run with other hens and their young flocks, the hen may not even know or care which chicks were once hers.<\/p>\n

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Also Read: 3 Reasons To Raise Chickens<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cOn the other hand, the former chicks are no longer looking for their mother to provide protection or food. Besides, the mother is likely no longer giving the food cluck to her young. If she\u2019s found some kind of bug, for example, she\u2019s likely eating it herself.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This new independent time can illicit some interesting behaviors as teenagers are chest bumping fellow flock mates and even their mothers. For the mothers, they can show the teenagers who’s boss with some beak pecks to the offender.<\/p>\n

According to Watkins, \u201cAfter the mother hen is through raising her chicks, she is still going to want to be on top of the pecking order. It\u2019s instinctive.”<\/span><\/p>\n

More Space = Less Conflict<\/b><\/h2>\n

Watkins relates that conflicts among teenage chickens become fewer if birds can be put out to pasture. When a teenage chook has a chance to escape its tormenting flock members, skirmishes are less likely as each pullet and cockerel is off doing its proverbial own thing. Indeed, at this contentious stage of chicken development, letting birds range about for a few hours every day is one of the best ways to defuse issues among flock members.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also Read: 7 Chicken Breeds to Raise for Colorful Eggs<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cI don\u2019t care whether you have six birds or 200, letting your chickens free-range for at least a short time every day is good for them and heads off problems that result from being cooped up,\u201d Watkins says.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing outside on pasture also helps chicks and teenagers develop earlier. The birds seem to feather out sooner, as well, and their foraging skills develop quicker. I believe that chicks raised under a heat lamp are the slowest ones to develop. Being outside and on pasture helps chickens develop in a survival-of-the-fittest-type way.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing outside also helps develop your chicken\u2019s curiosity. There is so more to do outside: searching for bugs and seeds, for example. I also think being outside at a younger age enables birds to leave their mother hen earlier in their lives. But that\u2019s just an opinion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Raising Chickens for Beginners: Teenage Changes<\/b><\/h2>\n

Two of the more interesting<\/span> aspects, when a chick transitions into the teenage period, are the development of sex-related anatomy and behavior change.<\/p>\n

1. Combs & Wattles<\/h4>\n

\u201cPeople send pictures all the time to McMurray Hatchery wanting us to identify whether a chick is a male or female,\u201d Watkins says. \u201cSome people claim that they can sex chicks when they\u2019re 2 weeks old, but I\u2019m much more confident about predicting their sex when the chicks are about 6 weeks of age. The wattles and combs of the cockerels are well developed by that age.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, on the other hand, some roosters and hens are much slower to develop, and it\u2019s very easy to make a mistake when that is the case. A lot of people will get fooled when they see the first little stub of a comb<\/a><\/strong> appear, and they think that has to belong to a rooster. But that little comb could turn out to belong to a fast-developing hen.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the teenage period, both sexes\u2019 growth rates continue to be quite rapid. By week 16, the general advice is that we should stop giving our young flocks chick feed and replace it with layer rations.<\/p>\n

2. Aggression<\/h4>\n

This time also brings forth another behavior – aggression.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 16 weeks, cockerels can become more sexually aggressive toward the hens and more combative with each other as their hormones rise,\u201d Watkins says. \u201cA lot of young roosters like to fight with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

By weeks 20 to 22, if not before, breeding attempts will be common among teenage males. The cockerels will frequently try to mount the hens and pullets. From my observations, older hens will often respond with aggressive moves, especially pecking, toward the unwanted advances while pullets will attempt to escape a cockerel\u2019s advances. If a cockerel does succeed in cornering a pullet, his initial mounting attempts at this time often fail because the male loses his balance. Eventually, of course, the cockerels display competence in this area.<\/p>\n

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Also Read: How To Deal With Aggressive Chickens?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Roosters Begin to Crow<\/h2>\n

Another aspect of this time is a cockerel trying to crow for the first time. The poor creature can\u2019t seem to progress much beyond the first syllable of the \u201ccock-a-doodle-do,\u201d and even that opening volley of future roosterhood being announced is more comical than majestic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But gradually over the next four weeks or so, the budding roos do become more adept at crowing. And the feistiness between all these hormonal males can become even more intense. It\u2019s at this time that chicken raisers, if they haven\u2019t already, should strongly consider culling their cockerels or trying to find a new home for them. However, be warned that hens can also crow, so be sure of the sex before you cull!<\/span><\/p>\n

Watkins says one cockerel for every eight to 10 hens is sufficient, and there is no biological reason to keep more.<\/p>\n

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The Epic Day<\/b><\/h2>\n

The teenage weeks and months eventually end, of course, and the best sign of that is when pullets produce their first eggs around weeks 20 to 22 for industrial birds and approximately 24 weeks for the heritage breeds.<\/p>\n

Human parents aren\u2019t the only creatures that experience trying times with teenagers. The teenage weeks and months can stress us chicken enthusiasts, but when our cockerels give their first full-throated crows and our pullets lay their initial eggs, we forget the previous troubling times.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This article about raising chickens for beginners originally appeared in the May\/June 2023 issue of Chickens\u00a0magazine. Click here to subscribe.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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