Roosters

[Newfarmer36]

Purebreds are not at all important, unless you're trying to sell hatching eggs or chicks. Even then there's ways around it!
I have a mixed breed flock. Mixed breeds often add color, variety, and fun to an every day flock. They can be surprising, with large combs or white feathers popping out if nowhere! You can even sex link your chickens (black sex links are in demand) by breeding barred hens to non-barred roosters.

If you want to sell chicks or hatching eggs, you still can. Just price reasonably and oversell your product. Make them sound like three thousanf tons of gold.

How many roosters do you have? How many hens? Post a picture of the rooster that doesn't breed. How old is he?

He's a little over a year old I think.

 

[Newfarmer36]

He's a little over a year old I think.

And I have 2. The other one is a red rooster.

 

[Welshies]

And I have 2. The other one is a red rooster.

How many hens?

 

[Chelseyb123]

Thats weird i have a roo that mates but mixes well with my hens an acts more like them if that makes since. Hes different from my other roosters. Also if you have colorful roostes not just brown that can help mix up the coloring.

 

[Newfarmer36]

How many hens?

4 hens and then my small chicken is a female too.

 

[Newfarmer36]

Thats weird i have a roo that mates but mixes well with my hens an acts more like them if that makes since. Hes different from my other roosters. Also if you have colorful roostes not just brown that can help mix up the coloring.

This rooster hardly ever crows either.

 

[Welshies]

4 hens and then my small chicken is a female too.

Yeah, that'd be why. You have one to many roosters. One roo for every 5-8 hens. Your other rooster that isn't mating is submissive. If he tries to mate, that already mating rooster will beat him up.

 

[Newfarmer36]

And he's the first in the coop in the evening and asleep before the hens.

 

[Newfarmer36]

Yeah, that'd be why. You have one to many roosters. One roo for every 5-8 hens. Your other rooster that isn't mating is submissive. If he tries to mate, that already mating rooster will beat him up.

Ahhh!!! He's bigger then my red rooster. I figured he'd be the dominant one.

 

[Welshies]

And he's the first in the coop in the evening and asleep before the hens.

He's submissive. If he crowed or mated that other rooster would ostracize him. I suggest you remove one rooster- probably the submissive one.