Flock Additions, Need Advice.

[Le Mitzer]

OK, so as of right I own three chickens, two sex lines and One Sussex. im looking at getting a rooster and another hen, what size of rooster should i get; i dont want anything to big that will hurt my girls. is a Bantam Braham Ok?


As well as should i be worried that there are Mice now living under my chicken coop.?????????

 

[Judy]

I would probably get a large fowl roo if I wanted fertile eggs; a bantam may have trouble getting the job done. And I would start on those mice now before they get out of hand. Lots of threads in Predators and Pests about mice control. I use a "safe" poison, bromadiolone, myself. You will have mice eating more feed than the chickens do, otherwise.

 

[Tripp16]

Yes if you have big breed hens......I would get a big breed rooster. Mainly because if I put my little Bantam Rooster in with my standard breed hens they would probably sit and laugh at him! He`s soooo tiny compared to them. They think my bantams are aliens!

 

[Murrmade]

Believe it or not, chickens have been known to kill mice, so don't worry too much about them unless you do notice your food disappearing faster.

 

[Le Mitzer]

It's not to get fertile. I would perferre if he doesn't get the job done. I just want him as a protector and for him to look pretty. That's it.

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