male to female ratio?????????

[outnumbered42one]

Hello all , If someone could help me with how many females to a male I would appriciate it. Im trying to order my chick tonight and need to know. Im gonna start with 25 mixed assortment brown egg layers from mcmurray.

 

[bluey]

For 25 chickens, two roos should do the trick. Even one should be fine.

 

[Mahonri]

Do you want fertile eggs or do you want eggs?

If you want fertile eggs. 1 roo to 10 hens.

If you want lots of eggs. More hens, No roos.

 

[allisojo]

Agreed. I've read that 10 hens to 1 rooster is a good target. You could probably get away with fewer hens if the rooster was nice, but I'd only order 2 males max., as you'll probably end up with more than that anyway in your order. I could be wrong. That's just my opinion.

 

[outnumbered42one]

Well thanx for the info im gonna order females so hopefully they'll be sexed right. I belive I'll order two roo's . Yeah Id like to breed them. I've always had just hens so this will be my first time with both.

 

[austinhart123]

well think of it this way... a good ratio is 2 rooster to 25 hens in your case so order two.... and if worse case senario they both die, people are always getting rid of roosters