Can you keep just 1 hen & 1 roo together?

[TerriLaChicks]

Looks like I'm going to end up with a pair of Welsummers-at 3 weeks of age one is showing much more definite signs of a comb than the other one. Also, the one showing the comb signs was lighter in color than the other one.

Will it be safe to keep them together as a pair, or will the roo tear up the hen's back? I could integrate him into my family laying flock so he would have 3 other hens, but I want to hatch some eggs from this pair as they are very high quality birds who came from very pretty dark terra cotta eggs.

 

[Buckguy20]

It will be fine to keep them together.

 

[Marlinchaser]

You could integrate them both into the main flock, then just seperate them as a pair long enough to get the # of eggs you want from THEM. Then let them back with the main flock.

 

[Pinky]

My RIR lived with a single hen as a pair for a while befoe I got more chickens.They lived well together and are still closer to each other then the rest of the hens.