Can roos raised together get along?

[jmpaprocki]

I think I may have 3 roos out of my 11 chicks...all under the age of 4 months. Will they get along????? The run is 10' by 24' and the coop is 4' by 8.' I'm not sure about free ranging as I have a lot of hawks.

 

[Chick Charm]

Yes they can get along. One will be dominant. Usually when raised together as chicks you get normal pecking order tests.

Wish you the best. From the advice of FogHorn the Leghorn.....Watch out fer them chicken-hawks!

 

[1muttsfan]

I think the best answer is sometimes - and sometimes they don't. I had 3 roosters once raised together that got along fine for about 10 months, then I got rid of one, and another started beating up the third and they had to be separated. Other roosters have been fine together. You should have plenty of hens though, probably 7-10 per rooster, to help prevent overbreeding (looks like your coop can hold 8 adult birds, so you may need to trim down on the number of birds anyway - or build a bigger coop! Or a second coop!)

 

[farmer boy]

if i were you i wouldn't keep 3 since you would only have 8 hens and if their a big breed 1 rooster should have 12 hens to his self so i would not recommend keeping all 3 and when there older around 6 months when their hormones kick in they will be aggressive to the hens and with each other so don't keep all 3 of them

 

[jmpaprocki]

Thank you all for the advice. I live in Florida and the only time they use the coop is to roost at night. I know for sure that I have one golden comet rooster. He is 7 weeks old and already practicing his crow. I am hoping I'm wrong about the other two. They are really too young to tell for sure, so I'll keep my fingers crossed that the other two are hens.