3 roosters with 1 hen

[featherhead007]

All my roosters are white crested black pure breed polish roos.

And they all are so darn cute. I do hold them as much as possible. when I feed them they are easier to catch

 

[featherhead007]

You could start a rooster-only pen. They don't fight if there's no hens to fight over: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/rooster-flocks.72998/

Yah, and a lot more money spent keeping them.. Is there no end to this?

 

[keesmom]

I really do love my roosters, started with 3. Hatched 4 more... Now they are driving me and this little township crazy.. 18 laying hens but the roos, come on.. Not good.. Always crowing, fighting, and violently attempting to peck and kick me.. Q: what do I do? I don't want to kill them

Time to pack up most of those cockerels and sell/give them away. You aren't happy, they aren't happy and I'm sure your hens are far from happy. Hatching chicks is a lot of fun but excess males must be dealt with in one way or another. Try listing them on craigslist or at your local feed store, and don't ask questions.

 

[featherhead007]

I will post with the corner feed store today... But he has lots of birds there already.. I'll see what he says.

 

[featheredplanets]

I will post with the corner feed store today... But he has lots of birds there already.. I'll see what he says.

You could ask around and advertise them for free. We have a poultry auction here that I sometimes take mine to

 

[4 ever Orpington]

You have 3 cockerels and 1 pullet(not cocks and hens until one year of age), at 4 months they are far from grown, but those boys will soon becoming sexually mature and start fighting and trying to mate with the pullet.

I'd strongly suggest that you find a way to separate the males asap...
...when it gets ugly, it happens fast and the pullet could easily be injured.
How big is your coop, in feet by feet?
Any chance you can put up a temporary wall for separation?
Pics would help us help you.

Adding new birds can be tricky....lots of space, separate but adjacent space works best.

Consider biological/medical quarantine:
BYC Medical Quarantine Article
BYC 'quarantine' search

Integration Basics:
It's all about territory and resources(space/food/water).
Existing birds will almost always attack new ones to defend their resources.
Understanding chicken behaviors is essential to integrating new birds into your flock.

Confine new birds within sight but physically segregated from older/existing birds for several weeks, so they can see and get used to each other but not physically interact.

In adjacent runs, spread scratch grains along the dividing mesh, best if mesh is just big enough for birds to stick their head thru, so they get used to eating together.

The more space, the better. Birds will peck to establish dominance, the pecked bird needs space to get away. As long as there's no copious blood drawn and/or new bird is not trapped/pinned down and beaten unmercilessly, let them work it out. Every time you interfere or remove new birds, they'll have to start the pecking order thing all over again.

Multiple feed/water stations. Dominance issues are most often carried out over sustenance, more stations lessens the frequency of that issue.

Places for the new birds to hide 'out of line of sight'(but not a dead end trap) and/or up and away from any bully birds. Roosts, pallets or boards leaned up against walls or up on concrete blocks, old chairs tables, branches, logs, stumps out in the run can really help. Lots of diversion and places to 'hide' instead of bare wide open run.

This used to be a better search, new format has reduced it's efficacy, but still:
Read up on integration..... BYC advanced search>titles only>integration
This is good place to start reading, BUT some info is outdated IMO:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/adding-to-your-flock

Well said!

 

[featherhead007]

You could ask around and advertise them for free. We have a poultry auction here that I sometimes take mine to

Jose said bring me one of them, that I may see what they are.. I tried, my ranch hands tried . it was quite a spectacular scene . roosters too fast for my own ranch hands.. But I did find a safe home for them, thank God

 

[featheredplanets]

Jose said bring me one of them, that I may see what they are.. I tried, my ranch hands tried . it was quite a spectacular scene . roosters too fast for my own ranch hands.. But I did find a safe home for them, thank God

All of them that easy? Wow, well done to you, I know that must’ve been hard

 

[EggSTOREYdinary]

I have done two things. I have put the new chickens in a wire dog kennel inside my coop. for a few days... Or Put them in at night when everybody is sleeping. I also think that your rooster ratio is too high. I only have one rooster "Bob" for 13 hens in one coop and his son "Bob Jr" in another coop with 4 hens.

Bob and Bob Jr- Love it! haha

 

[KentuckyRooster]

They get along now. But soon enough there's going to be only one lady to mate with all those boys, and boys can be randy with hens, especially young cocks just developing their hormones.

My current boys are all hitting maturity now. Dirtburner, who runs the outdoor show, is 10 months old. Boss and Flurry are 9 months. Dirtburner and Boss were raised in a big bachelor group and knew eachother very young and got along, and Boss and Flurry got to visit the outdoor hens to let out their humpy junk once in a while. Dirtburner never cared, until last week. Because of their maturing age, he no longer accepted rowdy boy Boss and they got into a nasty fight that only ended because humans pried them apart. They were attached to eachothers wattles and neither was going to stop (I had gone to feed the horse thinking they'd be the same as always and go about their usual business).

So. Though they may not fight over your one hen now, the day will come when they WILL. They will over breed her, hurt her, and make her miserable. You need less boys or more hens or both.