How Many Roosters?

[BANTAMWYANDOTTE]

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Amerucanas and Barred Rocks should live happily together. When my EE and my Production Red free ranged together, the 12 lb. Production Red could catch the little 7 lb. EE (even when he bred a hen or two

) After a while of chasing each day the big rooster would tire out and stop chasing. Each day though he chased. I would not recomend a Produciton Red or any red rooster at that. I have found that my Barred Rock Rooster (who died in feb) was just fine with another rooster as long as the other rooster was calm. I would say Buff's would be similar. Both are known to be docile independant breeds that are usually friendly. I would avoid Leghorns or Brahma's because I have found both breeds to be so flighty that when another rooster wanted a fight, they left and never came back.


Agian GOOD LUCK!


Timothy in KY

Thank you so much Timothy! I really appreciate your opinion. My roo now is about 9 lbs... should I stick to breeds around his size? I saw that the americauna is 6 1/2 lbs on average.. would it be unfair to have a roo that much smaller than the other roos (the ones I'm looking at are 8-10 (Orp) lbs. ?

You are most welcome my friend.

 

[JuicyFatHead]

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Oh gosh! I guess so! I ended up getting 1 BO, 1 EE (to breed my EE chicks) and 1 Barred Rock (for the same reason)....HOpefully they turn into friendly guys! Time will tell!

 

[gryeyes]

I have more than "several" roosters in my flock. In fact, the rooster/hen ratio is way out of whack. With that said, there isn't any fighting between them! There was one fracas, mostly screaming, feather flaring, jumping, etc., between a young cockerel and the dominant roo, but the challenger backed down before there was any actual connection. Just a few feathers lost and some major attitude change on the challenger's part. Any time the dominant rooster approaches, that former challenger decides to be somewhere else.

And two little "brother" Sebright roosters challenge EACH OTHER now and then. Mostly when one gets out of his place and starts for my ankles; the other will kick his butt, knowing he shouldn't be messing with me.

But no fighting. They all know Carl is the Boss of them, and Carl knows I am everybody's boss, including him.

Granted, they all range freely, and I have several coops, so they can bunk wherever they wish and with whomever they wish.

 

[Ridgerunner]

Here are some threads that might help you. They give different people's opinions and experiences.

Number of roosters thread
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=219443

Managing multiple roosters
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=229968

Breeders managing roosters
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=250327

I believe you will find that no one can really tell you what will happen in your specific circumstances or with your specific roosters. Some of us have multiple roosters without serious problems and some have disasters come out of the blue. Having multiple roosters does not guarantee you that you will have problems, but the more roosters you have, the higher the chance that you will have a problem of some type. My usual advice is to keep as few roosters as you can and still meet your goals.

Good luck!

 

[JuicyFatHead]

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Haha! That is really cool!

Thanks for your input

 

[JuicyFatHead]

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Thank you!