Mar 5, 2011 #1 nipper75 Songster 14 Years Joined Mar 5, 2011 Messages 320 Reaction score 5 Points 236 Location NorthEast PA is there anyway to keep a rooster and a hen from mating?
Mar 5, 2011 #2 Teach97 Bantam Addict 11 Years Joined Nov 12, 2008 Messages 5,603 Reaction score 22 Points 241 Location Hooker, OK a fence...that doesn't always work...
Mar 5, 2011 #3 NonnasBabies Muddy Acre Farms 14 Years Greeter Friend Joined Sep 20, 2009 Messages 12,375 Reaction score 6,589 Points 606 Location Pride, La. Keep them completly seperated! That's the only way!!
Mar 5, 2011 #4 Liamm_1 Songster 9 Years Joined Oct 18, 2010 Messages 561 Reaction score 14 Points 121 Location 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 14 Years Joined Mar 5, 2011 Messages 320 Reaction score 5 Points 236 Location 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 Joined Mar 4, 2011 Messages 136 Reaction score 4 Points 89 Location 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 14 Years Joined Mar 5, 2011 Messages 320 Reaction score 5 Points 236 Location NorthEast PA thanks for the advice!