I have a guinea that has been raised with 3 of my pullets (also with 6 other hens and 1 rooster). The rooster and the guinea don't seem to be having any issues despite me reading that male guineas and roosters fight to the death (maybe later in life? the guinea is 6 months old and the rooster...
I have one rooster (about 14 months old) that has been raised with about 9 chickens of varying ages. He was raised along side 3 hens in particular (all are about 14 months old), but over the past year I've acquired a couple more groups of hens that are any where from 7 months old to 4 months...
Can someone tell me if my GLW is a roo? I have 2 and they have very different combs. I can't find a picture of any GLW with such a distinguished comb... I hope they are both hens but not sure.... They are 4-5 months
I have read that it is recommended to have 10 hens per rooster ... Is that a must? I have 5 chickens (I know 3 are hens, 1 I just learned is a rooster, and the last is yet to be discovered). They are all under 6 months old right now too (I've read that the rooster issue becomes more of a problem...