rooster trouble~!

[alex]

Well, my roosters keep on mating with my hen, wich is also there sister, and well, she croaks everytime they do it to her...what should i do...ans I'm afriad they will bite all the feathers of her back...can that happen??? Is it okay if i seperate her from them?? Or would she need a friend.....Thanks for everything......-alex-

 

[hcammack]

how many roosters do you have with just 1 hen?

 

[alex]

2 roosters.

 

[PurpleChicken]

OMG! 2 roosters to 1 hen? SEPERATE THEM AND GET YOURSELF ANOTHER HEN.
Try to rehome one or both roosters or just make soup.

My one rooster wore the feathers off his chest with his 9 ladies. He was delicious.

 

[silkiechicken]

Yeah, I kept my silkie girl seperated from her boys because of the rough treatment. I put one guy in the coop for a week to get fertile eggs and she lost a pile of back feathers. Just house them apart or pick only one rooster and get another hen. I won't have more birds till spring so you'll have to look around. My preferred ratio is one boy 8-10 girls.