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MaeM
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In total? No.... Typically a single rooster needs 6-10 females
This is what I feared. I can't have any more chickens, so I thought of leaving one of the roosters in the main coop with the 4 females and the other one in a separate coop. Maybe let them be in the main coop by "turns". What do you guys think about this idea?
However, my flock mostly use their coop to sleep because they normally free range during the day, I plan on keeping an eye on them to intervene if the roosters have a fight or harass the ladies too much, but I've been told that if they're loose, the harassment won't be too hard because there's plenty of space for the ladies to run and hide. Is this true?