Rooster Roundup Time!

At this moment, I have six pens full of roosters...I think a total of 41 since one escaped a pen, they are pretty good at that.  I have a bunch more that need to be separated out and I had one disappear...it was a Salmon Favorelle and I am upset about it being just gone...I had two, and it was the better looking of the two.  I am trying to keep at least two of each breed, but a lot of these that need to be rounded up are young, but becoming sexually active so, they have to be penned up.  

I need to do an inventory of breeds, I am afraid we may be having someone helping themselves to my chickens. I may be missing a Double Laced Blue Barnevelder and a Blue Splash Maran too, possibly a Buff Orpington and Gold Laced Wyandotte, Speckled Sussex...and Dominiques.  I have a list of what I hatched and ordered...the only chickens I sold were mixed breed...none have died either.  My husband said he would have told me if he found any.  We lock them up at night, but have found doors open, gates open and even part of the fence undone.  The trail camera needs to be moved over into the area again.  I may need to electrify the fence too.  Most of my chickens stay in the fenced area, any that get out run the fence and don't stray far.  I have been leaving my dogs out more and letting them into the larger fenced area, they are fairly good at not chasing the poultry.  The only one that they may have killed was not eaten, had no bite marks...it flew over the fence to the backyard, they probably chased it and it had a heart attack.  They help round them up sometimes and have removed a few feathers in the process, but most of the time I can go out and the dogs will be laying in the yard with chickens and turkeys walking around them.

Anyway, today I need to work on the pens so I can round up more roosters.  I have two more built, but need to put shade cloth over the top and have tarps to cover them with too...and build gates.  We need to process a bunch of the roosters but we need to set up a processing station to do it.  I have felt kind of lazy lately and done more in the house than outside projects.  That needs to change, I need to get a lot done before it gets cold and figure out coop winterization.  Our geese and a few ducks have decided they like the big chicken coop and have been sleeping in it instead of their house, if they keep it up I may put roosts in it and use their house for chickens!  If I can get the pens done by this weekend, I can probably get my hubby to help me round up roosters, he is much better using the net than me.