help identifying breed

[Gray Farms]

Are you saying that ALL of those birds are MALE?!!!

Yes, all but one are cockerels.

 

[Steveos Flock]

Darn, you have some beautiful roos. Except for #2 she's really pretty though

You want them? I am in Massachusetts

 

[Steveos Flock]

Black Sexlinks and Red Sexlinks. All cockerels except #2 pic.

Do you think I can put this rooster in with the other coop (4 Barred Rock Hens)?

 

[Gray Farms]

Do you think I can put this rooster in with the other coop (4 Barred Rock Hens)?

If they are about the same age and same size, I don't see why not.

 

[Steveos Flock]

The Barred Rock hens are a year old and the Rooster is 28 weeks old. he's big, maybe bigger than the hens.

 

[Steveos Flock]

And why is the hen not laying yet? Could it be due to her being in with 6 Roosters?

 

[NatJ]

And why is the hen not laying yet? Could it be due to her being in with 6 Roosters?

How old is she? At least to me, chickens seem to look "all grown up" for a bit before the hens actually start laying. (First eggs often show up around 5-6 months old, but later is fairly common, and earlier can sometimes happen.)

Yes, the stress of being with 6 roosters could do it. Or she could be laying, but the eggs are getting broken and eaten.

What season is it where you live? If the days are getting shorter, she might not lay until the days get longer again or until you add supplemental light. (If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, where it's summer now, then that is not the problem with your hen.)

 

[ChickForLife]

can anyone tell me what breeds these birds are?

#2 is a Black Star.

 

[Steveos Flock]

How old is she? At least to me, chickens seem to look "all grown up" for a bit before the hens actually start laying. (First eggs often show up around 5-6 months old, but later is fairly common, and earlier can sometimes happen.)

Yes, the stress of being with 6 roosters could do it. Or she could be laying, but the eggs are getting broken and eaten.

What season is it where you live? If the days are getting shorter, she might not lay until the days get longer again or until you add supplemental light. (If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, where it's summer now, then that is not the problem with your hen.)

the hen that is in with the 6 roosters, hatched around Christmas. I think I will put the barred rock rooster (6 mo old) in with the laying barred rock hens (1 year old).

 

[NatJ]

the hen that is in with the 6 roosters, hatched around Christmas.

In that case, she's somewhere around the age that pullets usually start laying eggs. So she might not be quite old enough, or she might be stressed as you suggested, or she might be laying eggs that get broken and eaten before you find them.