1 to many rooster - Slaughter or keep?

[cassandrapettersson]

Okay so,
I have 10 chickens as of now, I'll be picking up 2 more this friday, that would be 12 hens and 2 roosters.
I know it's 10 hens per rooster, but is there something else I could do but to slaughter one of the roosters!?
They fight, *A LOT*, we've seperated the 2 with their own hens (Currently 5 hens 1 rooster in each coop).
If we do end up getting 20 chickens, would it even stop them from fighting? What do we do? None of us in the family want to slaughter the roosters because we picked one of them as our main rooster, and the 2nd one was a suprise rooster that we're very attatched to...

Rooster 1: Polish
Rooster 2: Brahma mix (Possibly hedemora cross)

 

[azygous]

You have more choices than just slaughtering the extra roo. You can put out the word that a young rooster needs his own flock and does anyone need a rooster for their flock.

Or you can juggle the two and allow one to be with the hens one day, then trade off with the other getting access to the hens the next day.

Roosters will fight until they work out who's top roo, and when the hens are present, the roosters will fight more. You could try out this strategy for a while and if it doesn't work out, then consider making a meal out of the spare.