How many roosters are too many roosters?

[buttertart]

So I started by finding a home for the what appeared to be the most aggressive rooster and thought the other three left were not as bad. All that happened then was another rooster stepped right on up into the boss position. I managed to find a nice home for them with an older lady in the area that is breeding chickens and she was happy to take them as her current rooster turned into a dud in the breeding department. So now all is calm in the hen house. They just started laying a couple weeks ago, so for now I am getting about 9 eggs a day from the 13 hens. The times are varying from morning to late afternoon. Some eggs are starting to get very large while others are still beginner eggs, small. The girls are so happy when I go to see them, they come running to me every time. Loving having chickens.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

So I started by finding a home for the what appeared to be the most aggressive rooster and thought the other three left were not as bad. All that happened then was another rooster stepped right on up into the boss position. I managed to find a nice home for them with an older lady in the area that is breeding chickens and she was happy to take them as her current rooster turned into a dud in the breeding department. So now all is calm in the hen house. They just started laying a couple weeks ago, so for now I am getting about 9 eggs a day from the 13 hens. The times are varying from morning to late afternoon. Some eggs are starting to get very large while others are still beginner eggs, small. The girls are so happy when I go to see them, they come running to me every time. Loving having chickens.

I find your statement about the next in line becoming the bully or at least top dog... to be true across MANY species including fish and others. The hens are NO exception!

Congrats on your eggs!

 

[jvls1942]

IMHO one rooster is one too many.
I hatched about 700 eggs for a guy who had black sex link chickens and roosters.
some of the chicks did have the dot on their head, and many did not.
i am only saying that hybrids don't breed true.
It didn't matter to the guy I hatched eggs for because he was selling them at a young age for butcher chickens.
I don't have purebred chickens, so I don't see any need to keep a rooster.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

IMHO one rooster is one too many.
I hatched about 700 eggs for a guy who had black sex link chickens and roosters.
some of the chicks did have the dot on their head, and many did not.
i am only saying that hybrids don't breed true.
It didn't matter to the guy I hatched eggs for because he was selling them at a young age for butcher chickens.
I don't have purebred chickens, so I don't see any need to keep a rooster.

Black sex link will NOT breed true, that is a common understanding. The birds that are bred to make the black sex links should produce the white dot which then they are sex linked. But a sex link to a sex link just makes a mixed breed chicken with out the sex link characteristic or defining trait. You get it by breeding RIR rooster to BR hen. 700, that's a whole lotta birds!

 

[Mrs. K]

I am glad that you got them all gone. They sure were pretty, but pretty is as pretty does. Too many roosters are not pretty. Personally, I think roosters take a bit of experience, and if this is your first go around, it is best to just start with hens.