Chicks and chickens

[meetthebubus]

There is lots of reading to do on this, you'll find a consensus that you have too many boys to girls in a few months they will all want to mate the hens and will do so causing tons of stress

I had a baby boy with his papa and 19 girls and they were stressed when he became of age so I separated the new boy

Most likely you'll have to leave them separate always and most likely even separate themselves from each other once hormones kick in

They will always want the girls though and may try to take out their rooster to gain the flock

 

[Mrs. K]

More than likely three roosters that are sexually active will wear out your 8 hens. There will be a lot of tension in the flock, a lot of feathers torn out.

I think you are thinking (I may be wrong, a problem of forums) that if you raise them all together, they will know each other and get along. But that is not always the case with roosters. Your oldest rooster is or will be shortly feeling his oats, becoming sexually active. At this point in time, your pullets are not ready or interested. Roosters are bigger, and often times become a bully.

In very few weeks, the new rooster chicks will also be ready. They will be fighting with each other is a very high probability, and with the older boy and trying to get it on with the hens. The tension in your flock will be intense. It will not be pleasant to take care of or be around.

Always solve problems for the peace of the flock. Often times people think they can have more roosters than is good for the flock, it is a frequent post on this forum. It can work, but that flock with multiple roosters need a large, large set up, needs to be a lot of hens, needs free ranging in space much bigger than a backyard. It is a more farm like set up verse a backyard set up. And even then, not always does it work.

The smaller the set up, the less roosters. If I kept my birds in a back yard, I would not have a single rooster.

Mrs K

 

[Chickenaddition]

@TheDisease21002 I think what you are hearing is that there really are only 3 options.
1. Divide the flock. This means separate coops and runs for the Roosters with a healthy amount of hens to each Rooster (this helps prevent a hen from being focused by a Rooster)
2. Remove/reduce Roosters to an acceptable level within the flock.
3. Create a separate Rooster Flock which can only be Roosters and cannot mix with the general flock.