About my cockerels

[Zoohtasim]

So, I have 7 three months old chickens, 3 pullets and 4 cockerels. Today I noticed, one of the cockerels was trying to mate with one of my adult hens. He couldn't of course. But it got me thinking.. Will he mate with his sisters too? Should I separate them now? Or after a while? Here is he

Thats all I want to know : )

 

[nuthatched]

Yep, he will.

 

[Zoohtasim]

Yep, he will.

AAAAAAA OK ILL SEPARATE THEM NOW! I DONT WANT THEM TO LAY EGGS

 

[SpotTheCat]

AAAAAAA OK ILL SEPARATE THEM NOW! I DONT WANT THEM TO LAY EGGS

They will lay eggs whether there is a male or not

 

[Ridgerunner]

Whether there is a male with them or not has nothing to do with when they lay eggs. The only difference is whether the eggs will be fertile or not. Even if they are fertile they will not develop unless they are incubated.

What is your real concern. Are you really worried about something you should be worrying about?

 

[nuthatched]

AAAAAAA OK ILL SEPARATE THEM NOW! I DONT WANT THEM TO LAY EGGS

Quit using caps, it isn't necessary.
They'll lay eggs whether or not there's roosters or not, it's ovulation.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Doesn't really matter if they're his sisters anyways. Unless both are more inbred than king tut and most royal families were, they'll be fine and have okay babies if you do incubate

 

[ChickenWhisperer101]

@Zoohtasim , do you mean you don’t want them to lay to young? I don’t think they will. Just speaking out loud though.

 

[rosemarythyme]

Cockerels/roosters will mate with their sisters, mothers, daughters, etc. They're chickens, they don't care. Inbreeding is only an issue with birds if you start going several generations without introducing fresh blood to the gene pool.

There's inbreeding in a lot of domesticated animals, that's how you get all the different breeds of chickens - humans choosing traits and wanting to replicate them.

 

[Zoohtasim]

They will lay eggs whether there is a male or not

I feel