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Maybe. Seemed to me though, that he was saying it pretty straight forward that roosters = stressed hens = less eggs. Maybe I misunderstood.

I didn't initially want a rooster, still don't know if I do. The main attraction of a rooster for me is flock protection. We have hawks and bald eagles around our home so I'm always concerned about the hens when they are out. I know a rooster would help protect them. However, any rooster who...

sure. here it is. he makes the statement at about 2:20 in

Thank you. I am more concerned with not having enough roosters? I have 20 hens and 29 new 6 week old chicks. I'm pretty sure one of those chicks is a rooster. So I'm debating the pros and cons of keeping him. I've heard that you need one rooster per 12 hens, so I would need 4 roosters...

Hi all, I just saw a video that stated that hens will lay less eggs if there is a rooster in the flock because of the stress a rooster puts on the hens and if there is NO rooster the hens egg production will be better. Is this true?