Free Ranging and 8 Week Olds

[BarredBuff]

I have 16 hens and 2 Roosters, and I have 25 Dominique Pullets and 5 Cockerels coming. I only have one coop and all of these will be free ranged. If they are on free range will they fight alot??

**I am getting rid of one of the adult roo and two of the dominique roos, and they will will be together for 12 weeks do you think it will work out? - I forgot to mention that....woops

 

[easttxchick]

With 41 hens and 7 roosters, there is bound to be some fighting.
I have the proper roostern ratio and they free range and I had a few dust ups between my roosters. It seems to have settled out now and they really do pretty well.
Hope it works out as well for you, but that is a lot of roosters for that number of hens.
Good luck.

 

[poultryfan73]

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I agree i keep one rooster to 15 hens. I do that so the hens dont get stressed out.