Hi from Wisconsin

[YgritteChick]

It's common for roosters to fight for dominance (sometimes even in the more docile breeds). You probably have too many roosters per hens. The recommended ratio of roosters to hens is 1 rooster for every 10 hens. Any more roosters than that can quickly lead to aggression, fights, feather plucking, and over-bred and battered hens. When you really get down to it, the only reason you really need a rooster is to fertilize eggs for hatching. I currently have 25 hens, no roosters, and I get loads of eggs without feeding any non-egg laying mouths, without the aggression, fights, crowing in the middle of the night, and over-bred and battered hens that frequently goes along with having roosters (especially too many of them). If you ratio is more than 1 rooster for every 10 hens, your flock will definitely be much better off if you trade those extra roosters in for some more hens.

Thanks! Yes, I do have too many roosters...well soon to be roosters. And I am trying to figure out what to do with the unneeded ones. My only issue is trying to decide which to keep, which is why I am trying to find a way for the black Australorp cockerel and the Salmon Faverolle cockerel to get alone. But I will maybe see how they are doing once the other cockerels are gone, hopefully that will fix it

 

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[YgritteChick]

Thank you very much for the welcome!