New Chicken Owner

[Miss Lydia]

Trust us when we say no to two roosters, one day they are fine then the next day they are fighting to the death. You need at least 20 hens per rooster or separate pens.

I have 2 roosters and they do fine together they have together 14 hens and my youngest roo respects the older and there has never been any fighting but they are not penned at all during the day they have a half acre to forage on fenced in. They all are only cooped at night and they have 2 rooms to roost in but a lot of times I’ll find both roos on the same roost with a couple of hens between them. Just wanted to add this is just my experience. We had 2 roosters hatch last year and even though bantams when they got mature they beat the life out of my OEGB roo he was almost dead. They were gorgeous boys but we were forced to make the decision to butcher. It’s not easy but the flock immediately was peaceful again and my little roo recovered.

 

[007Sean]

Howdy and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Thanks for joining us!

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi and welcome to BYC! It's nice to meet you! Your chicks are so cute!

 

[MyChickies2020]

I'd go ahead and cover all that chicken wire with hardware cloth a raccoon or fox or dog can dig right through that chicken wire.

Those chicks are adorable. ❤ How do they get up into their little coop?

AND Welcome to BYC !

There are steps winding around the post up to the opening. I finally got one of them to go up all the steps to get in.

 

[MyChickies2020]

Two males and one female will be disastrous.
Either get more females or one of the boys has to go to a new home.

Yes. I was thinking of asking the parent that donated the eggs, if she has another female that we could buy from her and then if we have to get another coup for the couple.