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[OneLuckeyWife]

Hello! I'm OneLuckeyWife. I have 7 light Brahmas, 2 Rhode Island Reds and a beautiful Showgirl Silkie.

Brahmas are:
Shoulders, roo
Big Waddles, roo
Tiny, roo
BoomBa, roo
Sweet Hen, hen
Snow, hen
Independent, hen

Reds are:
Pidgey, roo
Shits, hen (my husband named her and the other hen, Giggles, but she was taken by something)

Showgirl is Fuzz. I think it's a hen.


#OneLuckeyWife

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

How do your roosters not over-mate your hens?

 

[OneLuckeyWife]

How do your roosters not over-mate your hens?

Right now they are all to young. About 3-4 months old. The rir are older. And the silkie is a month old and will be a house chicken.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

If they do end up over-mating your hens you can try a rooster flock: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/rooster-flocks.1174877/

 

[OneLuckeyWife]

How do I make a signature?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I think you have to have a certain number of posts. I forgot how many though.

 

[OneLuckeyWife]

I think you have to have a certain number of posts. I forgot how many though.

Ok. How does the rooster flock work? Do they all stay in one coop together?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

So here's how it works:

You separate as much roosters as you think is necessary from the hens, and put them in a separate pen or a separate section of the pen.

It's better if the roosters can't see the hens (unless they're free ranging) because then they might fight more.

Add new roosters when they're around 3 months old, and make sure your existing roosters don't gang up on the new one(s).

I have a few different feeders and waterers so all the roosters have enough food and water, but you don't really have to. I just like to be safe.

Good luck with your roosters! If any one rooster is being bullied all the time or is constantly bullying others I would put him with your hens (so he can't bother/be bothered by the others).

 

[drumstick diva]

A rooster can handle 10 hens, so to keep that many roosters from overbreeding the girls, you would need many more hens, or less roosters.