Do I need a rooster for each variety of chickens or only one rooster?

[Chickalah]

I have 4 varieties of chickens.
I want to sell off the roosters since they have started injuring the hens and other roosters.
Do I need to keep one rooster from each variety later when I want to hatch chicks or can one rooster
work for all the breeds? I need to make a quick decision since they are pecking bloody holes in the hens now.
I have Delaware or White Sussex (they look so similar I cant tell them apart)
Speckled Sussex
Black Astraulorps
Barred Rock.
Are any of those better to keep in case its good to only keep 1 or 2 (I have 19 total roosters)
Thanks!

 

[Pyxis]

You can keep just one breed. You then won't be able to produce purebred chicks (except for the breed you keep the rooster of, of course) but if that doesn't matter to you, then there's no need to keep one of each breed

 

[MysteryChicken]

I have 4 varieties of chickens.
I want to sell off the roosters since they have started injuring the hens and other roosters.
Do I need to keep one rooster from each variety later when I want to hatch chicks or can one rooster
work for all the breeds? I need to make a quick decision since they are pecking bloody holes in the hens now.
I have Delaware or White Sussex (they look so similar I cant tell them apart)
Speckled Sussex
Black Astraulorps
Barred Rock.
Are any of those better to keep in case its good to only keep 1 or 2 (I have 19 total roosters)
Thanks!

1-2 Roosters will be fine. No specific breed unless you're breeding purebreds. 19 is just crazy.

 

[Trevorusn]

Unless you plan on breeding then no. If breeding was a future plan than you may need new coop/run arrangements.

 

[Trevorusn]

1-2 Roosters will be fine. No specific breed unless you're breeding purebreds. 19 is just crazy.

Lol I'll tackle 19!!

 

[Duckfarmer1]

You’re going to be eating a lottttt of chicken!!!

 

[featherhead007]

19 roosters? Keep the Barred Rock rooster. Just my opinion.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Is there any way you can separate the roosters from the hens while you're waiting to sell them?

 

[BigBlueHen53]

How many hens do you have? Figure approximately 10 hens per rooster to mainain peace in the flock and safety for the hens, though that's just a general rule. I have two roos and 18 hens. One roo has 13 girls, the other only 5, but everybody's happy. No one is overbred and there's no fighting. I don't have to keep them separated. If you want purebred chicks you will have to separate your flocks; they will breed indiscriminately.

 

[featherhead007]

Is there any way you can separate the roosters from the hens while you're waiting to sell them?

Good idea!