Need someone’s opinion here

[Tberger1488]

How soon should I separate the rosters from eachother

 

[DobieLover]

How many roosters, how many hens?

 

[Tberger1488]

How soon should I separate the rosters from eachother

You don’t happen to know when do you

 

[bobbi-j]

How old? I’d say ASAP before they start fighting, if they haven’t already. It would be helpful to know how old they are.

 

[janiedoe]

Welcome to BYC. You should sseperate early. Around 12 to 14 weeks is a good rule of thumb.

 

[black_cat]

Knowing how many roosters, how old they are, how much space they have, and how many hens are with them will help people help you.

 

[The Moonshiner]

I leave mine together.

 

[Folly's place]

Mine all live together with the flock. Any that can't manage that leave, along with extras, so there's a balance, and peace.
If we had game breeds, this plan wouldn't work at all.
Mary

 

[Parront]

I leave all the chicks from one hatch together. (I get st. run when I can, because I am a softy and can't bear the thought of what hatcheries do with the extra males). Last time I ordered some chicks, I got 21 in the box, and 13 were males. When the boys start to crow and annoy the pullets, I start thinning them out. The smallest, early crow-ers might be culled as early as 10 weeks old. A lot depends on your plans for them. Some breeds, for example Leghorns, you might want to cull the males as soon as you can tell them apart since they are not very large as meat birds. You can go to the Meat Birds ETC section for more discussion of this aspect of chickens. Culling can be removing them from your flock by selling or giving them away, too.
You can start to tell as young as 3-4 weeks old that you have roosters, and how many. If you have a lot of them, that might be a good time to pen them separately, if you have the extra pen space.

 

[Ridgerunner]

You don’t happen to know when do you

Hi, welcome to the forum, glad you joined.

I you read a few posts on here you'll soon see that we don't all do exactly the same thing. Oh, some people that have been on here for years still seem to think so but they just haven't been paying attention. We all have our own goals, reasons for having chickens, management techniques, flock make-ups, facilities, climates, and so many other things that we are all unique. What works for me might not work for you.

About once every three or four years I might separate some of my boys. I raise all of mine together with the flock until butcher age unless things get too dramatic. When that happens I'll isolate a few. I try to go by what I see, not by what I might expect to see.

The more you can tell us about your unique situation and what your actual concern is the more likely we are going to be able to help you. Why do you think they need to be separated? What do your facilities look like? There could be a lot of different answers to that so the recommendations could change dramatically.