4 chickens and 2 roosters, but they are brothers and sisters

[maxandmike]

Hi there

I have been looking for information on Inbreeding and I am unsure of what to do.

We have 3 Chickens and 1 Rooster (who are the 4 little Chickens and 2 Rosters parents).

My question is can they just stay like this in their little flock or do I need to get rid of 1 or both of the little roosters? They have just started to crow and they all seem to get along fine, but I am not sure about the whole inbreeding thing with Chickens?

Some advice would be AWESOME

Cheers
MaxandMike

 

[NonnasBabies]

If you don't plan on hatching any chicks you don't have anything to worry about! You can search the forum by using the search box at the top!!

I just found this thread that is really intresting!! https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=359796

 

[peacockfarmer1]

the first thing that i would say is to get rid of one rooster because your hens will be hurt and there backs skinned up from too much mating
as for the part about imbreeding i know people that hatched alot of eggs then kept 2 roosters and about 40 hens and hatched from them Brother X Sister then kept some of the hens that they had hatched so father X Daughter and they had the prettiest mixed chickens i had ever seen i just wish i knew what they were.....

 

[jjthink]

Depends on their personalities. I have been fortunate to have the most gentle loving roos who treat hens like princesses, but not all roos turn out like that.

Just to help clarify so you can get the help you need, roosters are chickens. Male chickens are roosters and female chickens are hens. I have 2 chickens- a roo and a hen and often hear people refer to them as my chicken and rooster....don't know why that is, but it's awfully common!!!
JJ