Can all 6 of my mix breed chicken e rooster??

Lauren Holden · May 4, 2017

Help , I inhareded six 4 month old chicken and now 2 months later 2 are crowing!! I already had a rooster before I got them . Now out of eight chickens I'm only sure one gen is it possible that out of all six hatch chickens they all are roosters. I'm concerned for my one hens safety .

Poultry parent · May 4, 2017

It's always possible to have mostly Roos.

Teila · May 4, 2017

G’Day from down under Lauren Welcome!

Sadly, yes, sometimes the rooster to hen hatch ratio is very unbalanced and it is not uncommon to hear of hatches with only one or two hens. Same with picking one day olds from a straight run bin, numbers can be heavily balanced to one gender and sadly, I think most of the time that gender is male.

If you would like opinions on the gender of your youngsters you could post some pictures on the Breed & Gender Forum: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/15/what-breed-or-gender-is-this

I hope you enjoy being a BYC member. There are lots of friendly and very helpful folks here so not only is it overflowing with useful information it is also a great place to make friends and have some fun.

You might want to also pop in and say hello on your local thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you ‘Find your State’s thread.