I have 2 roosters and 4 hens, is it possible to keep both of the roosters?

[Chuckenman]

I have 2 roosters and 4 hens. Is it possible to keep both of the roosters instead of rehoming one? Or will there be conflicts? I really don't wanna rehome either of the roosters to be honest. I really like both of them and it will be sad to see one of them go. Im asking this because I only have 4 hens. Will there be conflicts about hens and territory?

 

[InterestingChickens]

I have 2 roosters and 4 hens. Is it possible to keep both of the roosters instead of rehoming one? Or will there be conflicts? I really don't wanna rehome either of the roosters to be honest. I really like both of them and it will be sad to see one of them go. Im asking this because I only have 4 hens. Will there be conflicts about hens and territory?

The rule of thumb is one rooster to ten hens. You hens will be over mated, which will cause feather loss and then injure them. Without hens, keeping them both can be done. This is a great article by @RoostersAreAwesome about Rooster Flocks.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

What breed(s) are they?

 

[Chuckenman]

What breed(s) are they?

They're both mixes of different breeds. One of em is a 100% gamefowl mixed with old english and one other breed. The other one could possible be a sexlink of an australorp? Im not sure.

 

[Chuckenman]

The rule of thumb is one rooster to ten hens. You hens will be over mated, which will cause feather loss and then injure them. Without hens, keeping them both can be done. This is a great article by @RoostersAreAwesome about Rooster Flocks.

I see, so I'll have to rehome both of them? That's sad but oh well, it is what it is.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

They're both mixes of different breeds. One of em is a 100% gamefowl mixed with old english and one other breed. The other one could possible be a sexlink of an australorp? Im not sure.

Gamefowl and gamefowl mixes are much less likely to over-mate hens. This is because they’re bred to be kept in pairs or trios. Unfortunately, though, gamefowl mix roosters are also less likely to get along with other roosters.

 

[cluckcluckhens]

Our two Rooster do have cock fights most of the time many months ago. Now our Jr Rooster beat up his Father he is now the alpha Roo and keeps his father in line. Ours is getting better where Jr will just run his dad around the run for a short time. If Jr wants in the area of the run he chases him to the other side. Jr has all the girls Hens. Rooster tries to tag the hens when Jr is not watching.

With four Hens one Rooster is enough. Since you have two your going have to watch for fights among the two. Just maybe yours won't have cock fights. Most all Roosters have fights if you have Hens. I would just watch. Our Jr Roo we have been thinking about re-homing him.

Our feed store here manager re-homes Roosters if you have fights between the two. We haven't done this yet but we know where to go if we do.

 

[Chuckenman]

Gamefowl and gamefowl mixes are much less likely to over-mate hens. This is because they’re bred to be kept in pairs or trios. Unfortunately, though, gamefowl mix roosters are also less likely to get along with other roosters.

I see, he is the calmest of the two though. Never pecked any human or hen aggressively. There is the usual standoff where they open their wings and hackles but other than that he's pretty calm.

 

[Chuckenman]

Our two Rooster do have cock fights most of the time many months ago. Now our Jr Rooster beat up his Father he is now the alpha Roo and keeps his father in line. Ours is getting better where Jr will just run his dad around the run for a short time. If Jr wants in the area of the run he chases him to the other side. Jr has all the girls Hens. Rooster tries to tag the hens when Jr is not watching.

With four Hens one Rooster is enough. Since you have two your going have to watch for fights among the two. Just maybe yours won't have cock fights. Most all Roosters have fights if you have Hens. I would just watch. Our Jr Roo we have been thinking about re-homing him.

Our feed store here manager re-homes Roosters if you have fights between the two. We haven't done this yet but we know where to go if we do.

There hasn't been any cockfights between our roos yet and its been 2 months. What I'm worried about is roosters killing hens and overmating.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

There hasn't been any cockfights between our roos yet and its been 2 months. What I'm worried about is roosters killing hens and overmating.

If they’re mixed with gamefowl, I doubt they will kill the hens. I would be more worried about them fighting each other.