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x2Your white bird is a White Plymouth Rock cockerel and your other bird looks like an Easter Egger pullet. The ideal rooster to hen ratio is generally considered to be 1 rooster for every 10 hens. As they mature and the hormones kick in, too many roosters will become very hard physically on the hens; over-breeding them, biting and plucking the feathers from their necks and backs, battering them, and potentially, seriously injuring them. The only reason you really need a rooster is to fertilize eggs for hatching and 1 rooster can easily handle 10-15 hens in that regard.
Your white bird is a White Plymouth Rock cockerel and your other bird looks like an Easter Egger pullet. The ideal rooster to hen ratio is generally considered to be 1 rooster for every 10 hens. As they mature and the hormones kick in, too many roosters will become very hard physically on the hens; over-breeding them, biting and plucking the feathers from their necks and backs, battering them, and potentially, seriously injuring them. The only reason you really need a rooster is to fertilize eggs for hatching and 1 rooster can easily handle 10-15 hens in that regard.
