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i'm a bit surprised you haven't had trouble with so many roos in the same cage. As far as fertility issues go you would be fine with only 3-4 at most for that # of hens .
When I finally decided to 'check' my birds to see just how many roos and hens I had, I was kind of surprised to realize that I had only 6 hens...out of 15 birds!! No wonder I wasn't getting many eggs and all the known (brown, gold) girls have bald heads! Other than the hen-pattern baldness, I didn't have any problems. I'm working on getting my numbers flopped the other way....give the girls a bit of a break
I've sold several males and kept a few more females from hatches, so I'm getting there. My biggest problem is wanting to keep the different colored males (tuxedo, rosetta, white, brown, cinnamon, gold) and not having enough pens to keep them with their 'required' 3-5 hens. I don't think my pen is quite big enough for 30+ birds!
When i've had a spare bachelor i've kept him solo 1-2 months till we'd raised up his harem. My platypus has outlived the laying cycles of 2 harems, and his 3rd is growing out now, he's a handsome tux and is still vigorious.
i'm a bit surprised you haven't had trouble with so many roos in the same cage. As far as fertility issues go you would be fine with only 3-4 at most for that # of hens .
When I finally decided to 'check' my birds to see just how many roos and hens I had, I was kind of surprised to realize that I had only 6 hens...out of 15 birds!! No wonder I wasn't getting many eggs and all the known (brown, gold) girls have bald heads! Other than the hen-pattern baldness, I didn't have any problems. I'm working on getting my numbers flopped the other way....give the girls a bit of a break
When i've had a spare bachelor i've kept him solo 1-2 months till we'd raised up his harem. My platypus has outlived the laying cycles of 2 harems, and his 3rd is growing out now, he's a handsome tux and is still vigorious.
