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[bakersdozenroo]

8 pullets might not be enough for 2 cockerels. A 1:10 ratio (give or take one or two females) is what's generally recommended.

Although if you have enough space and both boys are laid back enough they may still be okay. I have 4 cockerels (two different breeds, so we wanted to have a backup roo for each breed in case of predators or freak accidents) and 16 pullets out at the farm and enough room that I don't have any fighting. View attachment 4246979View attachment 4246982
I also have enough room to separate them if they do start fighting.

Your other concern would be that you only have 3 more weeks to return Raven according to the hatchery policy. So you have to decide if that's something important to you or not (ie, do you have a plan to rehome/butcher if he becomes aggressive or your males don't get along).

Yes right now they all seem to be getting along. My fear is that as they get older, that may not be the case. The older cockerel, he has not shown aggression yet, and he’s 22 weeks. He had a spout when he was in that 16-18 week mark where he was rushing me but that has completely stopped. Also, the now cockerel lives in the coop with all the other pullets since I had got all the pullets together at once and the main cockerel I had got him separate. I originally had 12 pullets and 1 cockerel. Then 3 pullets passed and now one of the pullets is a cockerel. Having the younger cockerel in the same coop with the pullets and the older cockerel in his own coop, do you think that will cause problems? I let them all free range all day and they out themselves to bed at night. Every night when I go to close their run doors, the older cockerel always just goes back to his coop on his own?

 

[BlueTheBrahma]

totally definitely NOT biased

Not biased at all. That’s why my username is OrangeTheOrpington

 

[Chicken Heel]

I think they will be fine together since they are being free ranged. And it is another set of eyes to look out for predators and to keep the hens from ranging too far afield.