Is having too few roosters a problem?

tonnyx

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8 Years
Jul 17, 2011
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Cincinnati, Ohio
I have 33 chickens that are about 12 weeks old. I tried to get all females, but, you know ....
I've caught one Barred Rock crowing, but as far as I know, the rest are pullets. I'm mainly planning on having eggs for eating rather than hatching; is there a problem with having only one rooster for 32 hens?
 
It shouldn't be a problem. Usually you will have a problem if you have too many roosters. The reason why people keep many roosters for greater amounts of hens is because with only one rooster to 32 hens, not all the hens will produce fertile eggs. But since you want eggs primarily to eat then you don't need fertile eggs.
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