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kathyngary

kathyngary

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Hello all. We live near Loogootee, in Martin co. Had chickens for about a year now. Still learning as much as we can about them. We have 3 hens and 1roo. I believe they are Delawares. Fun to deal with, and the eggs are excellent, as you know. Until next time. Bye now.
 
Hi Kathyngary;

Glad you are here. Sounds like you are a lot further along the learning curve than me. My first flock is about 7 weeks old now. I have a questions for you with respect to hen : rooster ratio. I have 25 straight run chickens, looks like 12 boys and 13 girls. I was planning to keep one rooster and process the extra boys mid-August. Are you having any behaviour problems with 1 roo : 3 girls? My reading suggests I should plan on 1 rooster / dozen hens. Perhaps I should be thinking of keeping 2 or 3 roosters. What is your opinion?

Many thanks,
 
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Be sure to check out your thread on here. You will be surprised at how many folks near you have chickens!
 
uncertainty said:
Hi Kathyngary;

Glad you are here.  Sounds like you are a lot further along the learning curve than me.  My first flock is about 7 weeks old now.  I have a questions for you with respect to hen : rooster ratio.  I have 25 straight run chickens, looks like 12 boys and 13 girls.  I was planning to keep one rooster and process the extra boys mid-August.  Are you having any behaviour problems with 1 roo : 3 girls? My reading suggests I should plan on 1 rooster / dozen hens.  Perhaps I should be thinking of keeping 2 or 3 roosters.  What is your opinion?

Many thanks,
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we got 1 hen about a year ago. In about sept/Oct we got 2 more ns and the roo. It's worked out good so far. We plan on expanding in the future, but probably not with more Delawares. No particular reason though.
 

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