breeding chickens HELP!!

[nick10atl]

I am new to this and was wondering ... do i need to make a breeding pen in order to breed my chickens ??

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

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Only if you want a certain hen mated with a certain roo - and don't want to wade through the other eggs to make sure ya got the right egg

I just put one roo to at least 10 hens in a coop/run/freerange, and let em rip

 

[MandyH]

If a rooster wants to breed a hen it doesn't care if it's in a pen, a box, in a tree LOL, it WILL happen. If you are trying to keep breeds seperate, you willl need a coop/pen/enclosure to keep them seperate. If not, just turn them out in the yard, and DON"T worry, they will breed.

 

[nick10atl]

okay yeah thats what i was going to do to start with but then i read something on here that said i need breeding pens so was confused but okay .. and how many hens per rooster should i have?

 

[Ridgerunner]

It somewhat depends on the breed and the age of the rooster. A full-sized rooster one or two years old can probably handle 12 to maybe 15 hens. As they get older, they can handle a few less. A banty can handle a few more. And it depends on the personality of the rooster. Some people go with a ratio of 10 hens per rooster. So somewhere in this range. It is not an exact science.

 

[nick10atl]

okay thanks alot!!!