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Wow! That many hens per roo! I keep 4 with my roo at mo and 2 with my cockerel... My roo never has overmated my hens even when I have 3 with him. My cockerels approach is constant mating.. Even though after 1 mate with a hen can lay fertile eggs for 2 weeks!! So why mate same hen every 10mins!!!???

Question: When do cockerel hormones calm down a bit? at 1 year old? - so he would stop constantly mating around that age? Question: How many pullets do you need to have per cockerel? And when they turn 1 yr old, become a rooster, (or whatever time they calm down) can you just have 1 pullet with...