If you don’t want to breed your birds, then strictly speaking you need not get a cock. Hens do not need a rooster to be happy, and the pecking order within a flock is usually not a problem either. Often one of the hens takes on the cock’s role. She becomes a bit more dominant and starts behaving in a ‘testy’ manner like a rooster. Thus, very dominant hens sometimes even make a modest attempt at crowing. But if you find roosters handsome birds and it is possible for you to keep one, then you will have to take into account that he is going to fertilize your hens.
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