Is two roos one too many for 13 hens??

[KRack]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/shadrach’s-multi-coops.74344/

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Thank you!

 

[McChooky]

Some chickens don't bear confinement well and won't roost in a coop if trees are nearby. Your coop could be too small too(like mine) My coop is only 4 x 5 (20 sq feet) 4 hens roost in it

 

[KRack]

Some chickens don't bear confinement well and won't roost in a coop if trees are nearby. Your coop could be too small too(like mine) My coop is only 4 x 5 (20 sq feet) 4 hens roost in it

My chickens in the tree really like to spread out. If there’s not enough space for 2 chickens between them, they’re not having it. Idk how big of a coop I’d need to make them want to get in it . The two that go in the coop are right beside each other with tons and tons of space left, they don’t spread out at all.

 

[McChooky]

My chickens in the tree really like to spread out. If there’s not enough space for 2 chickens between them, they’re not having it. Idk how big of a coop I’d need to make them want to get in it . The two that go in the coop are right beside each other with tons and tons of space left, they don’t spread out at all.

Place wire around the trunk so predators can't climb it. Chickens are vulnerable in trees. He had to doctor on his a lot (predator injuries, frost bite,etc)I prefer to lock them up at night myself

 

[KRack]

Place wire around the trunk so predators can't climb it. Chickens are vulnerable in trees. He had to doctor on his a lot (predator injuries, frost bite,etc)I prefer to lock them up at night myself

I’ve had chickens in that tree for years lol. chicken wire wouldn’t slow down a predator that could get them in the tree. At least not where I live. I used to get a ladder and get them down but after a few weeks I decided if they’re happier there, then I’d just trust the Lord to protect them. Same reason I let them free range. I try to let the pets I have live as free and natural of a life as I possibly can, because it’s theirs to live, and I’ve seen how much happier it makes them. From our bunny to our dog, all our critters have free range on our land.

 

[s1a2b3]

I will preface this with technically i am not supposed to have roosters where I am. So if i need to get rid of them both so be it, but given the circumstances, i’d like to explore ways to keep both.
Here’s the make up of the flock:
1 creamlegbar cockrel raised with 2 BYM (i think) pullets and 2 cream legbar pullets. Four 6-month-old hens (two of which are regularly laying, one that is a meat bird and one crippled hen i took in cause she needed a safe place) and 5 pullets plus 1 cream legbar cockrel still in the brooder but getting ready to be introduced to the wider world in the next 1-2 weeks (they are about 5 weeks old)
After introducing the first two groups, they all coop up together at night but essentially exist as two different flocks during the day when allowed free access to the chicken yard.
Because i am kind of a softie and the oldest cockrel survived a fire (I thought all the CCL’s that survived were pullets but surprise, hes clearly made from roo material) and i purchased the younger one because i thought all my CCL’s were pullets and i wanted to try to get hatching eggs before he got too loud and obnoxious, i am torn as to which one to keep if i can only keep one.
Ultimately, i know I may need to re-home or repurpose both, but id love to hear other views on how small flocks (13 hens total) work with 2 roosters. If my short history repeats itself, i will have 3 mini-flocks and the two roosters will stick to their own “ladies”, only fighting over or ignoring completely, the older (4) hens, only 2 of whom are currently laying and receptive based on squatting behavior.
The older cockrel is a little more flighty than the younger one, the younger one having needed eye drops as a young chick for conjunctivitis and getting handled several times a day.

If you are trying to mate them for meat, I would keep the larger one, and get rid of the smaller one. I have around 200-250 chickens and I just separate my males when I don't want them mating. (Also if the two roosters are together in a cage without females, they won't crow. Don't know if that matters.) Also you only want 1-2 roster per every breed of chickens. If I were you, I would get rid of the younger one; he doesn't seem to be a very strong bird.
You should do whatever you think is best for your flock. In my experience I would only have 1-2 roosters for 50 chickens not 15, (Just estimating).

 

[Mrs. K]

(Also if the two roosters are together in a cage without females, they won't crow.

Mine had crowing contests! This did not work for me at all. Their coop was a ways away and out of sight of hens.

Mrs K

 

[McChooky]

If chickening has taught me nothing else, it’s that life isn’t simple.

And only later have I realized that believing that life=simple means that I have attempted to control how life happens, and when the universe gently chuckles at me and says nah, it’s a well-deserved lesson in humility. Because in fact, I’m not the boss.

Pretty rando there, sorry!

I had 2 and they overmated my hens.One then the other then I found a hen dead in the squatting position on the poop board.They nailed her soon as she come off the roost .After I found her dead I gave one away but it was too late.Keeping 2 is a big mistake. Especially if you don't have enough hens (or are new to keeping roosters like me)