Help with roosters/flock

[Otaku247]

Help with roosters/flock
I have 9 ladies and one rooster I wanna get 2 more roosters and 18 more ladies how do I keep them together in run ? I will have different coops for all of them at the moment we have 2 coops 1 big one small and will build one huge one. Any advice or do I even need to get more roosters with added ladies? My rooster is a tolbunt polish.

 

[FrostRanger]

I wouldn't get any additional roos. The only reason you even need a rooster at all is if you want to hatch out chicks, outside of that it's personal preference and having too many boys in a flock adds tension. Polish chickens in particular are prone to being bullied by other breeds so you're probably best off with just one rooster

 

[Tonyroo]

Technically, you don't need any roosters, unless your free ranging them on your property. Roosters are good for being the alarm in a flock or you need them to produce babies.

The important part is making sure the space is big enough for the amount of chickens you want. This will reduces fights from over crowding which makes a quiet happy flock.

 

[FrostRanger]

Also be aware that they'll probably want to all be in the same coop so it'd be best that your main coop has enough room for everyone

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'd like to hear @Ridgerunner 's opinion on this.

In my own experience, I have one rooster, a real sweetie, with 20 hens. It's a peaceful flock. At one point I raised up another rooster and for a while all was well. As the cockerel aged up, the flockmaster kind of kicked him out of the flock so he spent most of his days on the fringes although he slept in the coop. I hoped they would split the flock between them. Then one day I came outside to find the cockerel bloodied and dead. I won't make that mistake again. Rojo rules.

 

[Ridgerunner]

HI, welcome to the forum! Glad you joined!

Any advice or do I even need to get more roosters with added ladies?

We all have different wants, desires, and goals for keeping chickens. What are yours relative to chickens. Why do you want more hens? Why do you want two more roosters specifically? Why do you even want one rooster? I cannot suggest or advise anything unless I know why you want a rooster. There may be easier ways to achieve your goals.

The only reason you need a rooster is if you want fertile eggs. Everything else is just personal preference. Nothing wrong with personal preferences, I have a few myself. But those are wants, not needs.

I have 9 ladies and one rooster I wanna get 2 more roosters and 18 more ladies how do I keep them together in run ? I will have different coops for all of them at the moment we have 2 coops 1 big one small and will build one huge one.

You do not get any guarantees on this. Some people keep a flock with multiple roosters in it. It can work. But sometimes the boys fight to the death. You can risk putting them all together in one run. It might work, it might not. If you try it give them as much room as you can.

Since you are doing all of that building anyway, how hard would it be to have three separate coops where each coop has its own run?

 

[Otaku247]

The 10 I have separate and go to there own coops at one point I had them separate but thy made an opening and they started to live all together on there own choice.

Also be aware that they'll probably want to all be in the same coop so it'd be best that your main coop has enough room for everyone