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We currently only have 1 house/pin for our flock and plan on introducing a rooster to our flock of hens. What should we do in the event we don't have a seperate pin for the rooster?

Hello, we have 12 hens (black & red stars) and we would like to introduce a RIR rooster to them. What are the recommendations for introducing a new roo to a flock of hens? Our girls are 28wo and the roo is 18mo. Should we seperate them in the pin for a few weeks? Any advice please!!

Thanks so much RWise, that helps alot. Everyone around us is selling young roo's not many older ones available

That's great thank you, and we definately want to add a rooster but now may not be the best time for our girls

We just adopted 8 black star hens and 4 red star hens that are 4mos. We would like to introduce a barred rock rooster to them but wondering how he will do with our girls. Our reds laid their first eggs today and all seem to be doing well and are getting more social by the day. Is there a big...

Is it normal for the hens to stay outside all day? Just wondering if they will want to go in their house any during the day. We are new chicken owenrs so just trying to learn as much as we can

We just got 8 black stars that are 24 weeks old that were laying where we got them from. Now that they are with us, how long might it be before they will start laying for us if they are already laying?

I am getting my first flock of birds, 6 Rhode Island Red hens and 1 rooster. They are all about a year old and will be getting them from their breeder. We want to know if it would be better to get them during the day or at night? When is it the best time to get them, and should we release them...

Thanks so much for your advice! In your opinion, how long should be pin our chicks before we can let them free range? My hubby wants to make a fairly large run 16ft long x 8ft wide x 4ft tall covered for protection

Hello, my name is Brandie and my husband Sam and I have decided we would like to raise chickens on our 3 acres of open land mainly for the purpose of collecting eggs for us to eat. We ordered today a 4x6 chicken housethat has 6 nesting boxes and will be building a run/coop as well. We plan to...