Roo Intro with Varrying Ages of Hens

[eleanors_garden]

For context::::
I haven’t had my flock long, but it started when I was gifted a curly toed hen who was bullied out of her previous flock from a friend. She’s about 40wks now. Around 20ish weeks I added 4 pullets (7wks) to have her some company.

9 weeks ago I picked up 15 more chicks. 13 made it past the first 3 weeks. I had a cozy set up inside, and then cornered off a pen in their open run (they have an acre to roam) and had their separated area in the coop at night.

TODAY I went down to the barn for chores and a hawk got into the baby pen, and (luckily) only killed one.

Main Body Qs::::
Husband said we should add a rooster to the flock to protect them.
From reading we should get older than my middle girls (now 24wks) but do I have to keep him separate from the young non laying pullets (9wks) until they are closer to 20wks?
Do I have to quarantine him first for disease?
Do I have to implement a similar system I have currently to introduce young pullets to older hens?

Help!! Lol
I will take any and all advice !!
Thank you everyone.

 

[aart]

You need a secure baby pen, not a cock/erel.

 

[eleanors_garden]

You need a secure baby pen, not a cock/erel.

We did fully secure the pen after the incident by adding wire netting above so there’s no open area !

 

[fluffycrow]

We did fully secure the pen after the incident by adding wire netting above so there’s no open area !

Hopefully not chicken wire!







The question still remains, do you want a male? If it's secure, then why would you want one?