Cochin bantie hen with roo

[Godiva]

Can I cage one bantie cochin hen with a roo or do I need to keep them separated except for 'dates'? Will she be totally over taxed by her lover or will it work out?

I am trying to limit the number of cages we have to come up with and the number of water and feed containers that have to be filled and cleaned every day.

 

[CarriBrown]

You can give it a shot and see how it goes. It really depends on your roo. He could be a gentleman or a total jerk!
If you notice the hen missing feathers on her back, she is being over bred. She will probably be missing some feathers on her head- That is normal.

 

[silkiechicken]

I have my silkie roo and girl together in one place... she is a bet over bred though. Was fine till just before molt, and she still looks like a mess! The roo is fairing a bit better though molt but he looks like a mess too. Depends on your roo really.

 

[Godiva]

I have 3 roos and I am going to try her with the 2 nicer ones and see how she fares. I am hoping to add a couple more hens - do you have any young ones perhaps. I guess we'll have to see how we go. The one roo is going to be soup because he is plain mean to everyone. He was a late maturer and now is a total jerk all round.

 

[ann]

I have all my cochin hens in with the roos I plan on breeding them with.I did have a Millie D`Uccle roo that I had to rehome cause of him being mean.Everytime I would walk past his pen he would try and fight me or even when I was gathering the eggs from that pen.I put a Mottled Cochin roo in the millie D`Uccle hen after I rehome my roo.