- Jul 22, 2008
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I am a newbie at raising chickens. I ordered pullets and sold 14 because there were too many for me. Of the 12 I kept, 2 are definitely roosters, (so much for paying more for pullets) one is a Light Brahma and the other is a Welsummer. I have 2 Light Brahma hens and 1 Welsummer hen and I like both roosters (so far anyway). They are now 8 weeks old and haven't started fighting or anything but things I have read and been told are so scary I'm afraid that one day I will come home and one will be dead due to fighting and with the size of the Light Brahma, I'm thinking the Welsummer would be the one to wind up dead. Would it work to build a small coop for the Welsummer roo and the Welsummer hen, and have them be a couple, and the Light Brahma can be housed with all the other hens, or should I give more than one hen to the Welsummer? I thought if I housed the two Welsummers together, then I could let the hen raise some chicks net year. Any information helpful to my situation is greatly appreciated.