Hens crowing 30+ weeks and no eggs

[SilkiesForEver]

I only have one bad pic of the sussex chickens.. I think this is one of each. If so she sure has enough roosters...

The bird on the right looks to be a pullet, but I think the bird on the left is a rooster.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

The bird on the right looks to be a pullet, but I think the bird on the left is a rooster.

Ditto!

And I thought that used car salesmen were sleaze balls.

Caveat Emptor

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I agree, you're swamped with roosters.
I must say though, I love your Wyandotte, he's just gorgeous!!!

 

[Pinguella]

Yes I was thinking we had too many roosters befor this when we had 5 of them, gave one away and then there were 6. Talked to the breeder and she only has young sussex chickens, so much for getting eggs this year. We'll get the chickens and then there will be wyandotte and maybe some orpingtons in springtime.
Might keep one rooster of each breed, the rest will be dinner. The sussex roosters are still very light weight, how long do you think they could live together before fights start? Want to get som more weight on them before slaughter.

We are now planning how to devide the rooms so that we can avoid fights between the roosters we are keeping. Thinking of trying out a cochin rooster and a wyandotte rooster together with some hens.
Will this work because of size difference on the roosters or do we still risk them fighting?

 

[JanetMarie]

You have to be careful with keeping too many roosters with your hens. Some do fight, and having two roosters together may make them breed with the hens more, and possibly harm the hens in depluming their backs.

Our purebred roosters take a minimum of 6 months to fill out enough for butchering. They are much more flavorful than the Cornish Cross though, especially if they are free ranged.

 

[Pinguella]

Thank you so much to everyone for all your help, great to get some input on things to take into consideration when trying to make a happy flock of birds.
With the 3 roosters we are planning for them to get their own hens in time, we are getting 10 chickens of each breed, first 10 arrive at easter. The ones turning out to bee roosters among them will be taken out.
So keeping two of them together is just until the sussex get to the 6 months, but maby it's safer to split the boxes now so we don't get any fights.
I guess we'll give the cochin some hens, the wyandotte by itself and the sussex roosters together until taking 2 of them out.

Also thank you for patience with my wobbly written english..