Mar 5, 2011 #1 nipper75 Songster 9 Years Mar 5, 2011 320 5 146 NorthEast PA is there anyway to keep a rooster and a hen from mating?
Mar 5, 2011 #2 Teach97 Bantam Addict 11 Years Nov 12, 2008 5,603 20 241 Hooker, OK a fence...that doesn't always work...
Mar 5, 2011 #3 NonnasBabies Muddy Acre Farms 14 Years Sep 20, 2009 12,375 6,588 606 Pride, La. Keep them completly seperated! That's the only way!!
Mar 5, 2011 #4 Liamm_1 Songster 9 Years Oct 18, 2010 561 13 121 San Francisco Bay Area (East) haha, my son always gets mad when he sees the roosters mating the hens. I keep telling him, it's nature But yes, a physical separation is the only solution.
haha, my son always gets mad when he sees the roosters mating the hens. I keep telling him, it's nature But yes, a physical separation is the only solution.
Mar 5, 2011 Thread starter #5 nipper75 Songster 9 Years Mar 5, 2011 320 5 146 NorthEast PA Ok. I'm still debating if I even want to get a rooster. I was just going to get one for protection...... So, rooster or no rooster?
Ok. I'm still debating if I even want to get a rooster. I was just going to get one for protection...... So, rooster or no rooster?
Mar 5, 2011 #6 Laigaie Chirping 8 Years Mar 4, 2011 136 4 89 Fayetteville, AR Your rooster can't protect the girls from the worst predators, and if you're not looking to breed, just keep, you probably don't want one.
Your rooster can't protect the girls from the worst predators, and if you're not looking to breed, just keep, you probably don't want one.
Mar 6, 2011 Thread starter #7 nipper75 Songster 9 Years Mar 5, 2011 320 5 146 NorthEast PA thanks for the advice!