6 roosters-2 hens

[bigz1983]

Next time you get chicks try to get them from a farm store like family farm and home or tractor supply that way you pick out the chicks to prevent getting roosters.
Look up sex link breeds and learn how to gender them.
That way when you get to the store to pick out baby chicks you can sort through them and get hens.
Choose breeds like Barred rocks, black sex links, ISA Brown's.
Don't trust the store people or the hatchery to get it right.
Do your research ahead of time.
I was just at family farm and home and they had a male ISA Brown in a
"sexed pullet" bin.
It's the all yellow chick..
ISA Brown's females are brown and yellow.
Males are all yellow no brown.

 

[Gray Farms]

I cannot figure out how I could keep the hens out of earshot! I have a lot of space, but I think even if the hens were at the farm next door those roosters would hear them :/

Sounds like you should just keep the females then and rehome the males.

 

[Newyorkrita]

Sounds like you should just keep the females then and rehome the males.

I agree!!

 

[ValerieJ]

I agree with the sentiment here to rehome the roosters and go for more hens. for one thing if you ever wanted to put a rooster in with the hens, the ratio needs to be something like 12 to 1, hens to roosters. 6 is just too many roosters, in my opinion. Best of luck in rehoming them.

 

[bigz1983]

There is a small animal swap in my area where you can sell extra roosters and old laying hens to people that would take them home and butchure them that way you don't have to deal with butchering them and the thought of eating your pets.
I don't where your from but ask the people if they know of swap like that.

 

[Cyprus]

I used to keep my males separate, where they could hear but not see the ladies. Didn't work, they nearly killed each other eventually.