So...2 roosters and a hen walk into a yard....

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Maybe. But my game bantams share hens just fine, if they were buddies as cockerels and matured before being introduced to the hens--often, a pair would steal one hen from the larger rooster and wander around with her together.

But this hen is their only option so it’s very likely that they will fight over her

 

[Maddison]

Maybe. But my game bantams share hens just fine, if they were buddies as cockerels and matured before being introduced to the hens--often, a pair would steal one hen from the larger rooster and wander around with her together.

In my experience, despite my two roosters being raised together they eventually started to fight for the girls and I had to separate them because they started to draw blood.. so I wouldn't take any chances.

 

[sylviethecochin]

But this hen is their only option so it’s very likely that they will fight over her

It may happen. But I've seen the boys remain best buds.

My dad had two young bantam roosters and a flock of eight standard hens with one very protective Production Red rooster. The bantams just picked off the hen who was bottom in the pecking order and convinced her to come with them. They never went near the rest of the flock--free-ranged in different areas, etc. As far as I could see, Hemorrhoid and Redneck never fought over her. I've seen this happen several times, usually with bantams.

Currently, I have a mini-flock with a bantam and two standard roosters and two standard hens. There's no blood on anyone's combs, nor any fighting. They'll challenge the other roosters, sure, but not the ones in "their" flock. The hens aren't even overbred, because if they get disgusted, they can just leave for the top boy's flock--and Gordon doesn't tolerate other roosters.

 

[Borgus]

That’s my concern. I’ve grown attached to the boys. I’ve been thinking that I need to separate ten and get them each their own set of ladies.

The problem is that no one technically owns the roosters. They showed up under my bird feeders. I thought the large one was a turkey vulture at first.

I can’t catch them, but they aren’t afraid of me either. They are mildly annoyed when I bring them food. I give them a gamecock mix and all of the sunflower seeds they can eat. (Thank you sloppy squirrels.). They also get fresh thyme, oregano, and whatever veggie scraps I have. The little rooster enjoyed a at Halloween.

They roost in a tree and handout at a storage shed or in the bushes during the day. They seem content with this. I do need to build something more permanent for them.

The little one matured a bit faster. He found his crow about 6 weeks earlier.

They had a scrap for about a week. They were sleeping in separate trees and going to different parts of the yard. They seem to look for each other though.

The little one can hold his own in a tangle. He jumped up and “Jackie Chan’ed“ the big one in the face. This was short lived though. Now they will puff up occasionally.

My thought is they are less likely to know where the hen is as it’s not in their immediate sight. She can hear them though. (I am judging that by neighbors yelling “shut up” at the break of dawn).

It’s been interesting to say the least. They have personality. The little one is the definition of the word “cocky”.

 

[Xlcandylx]

My experience with rooster my little roo was at bottom when he got older to mate he took top spot and is the main roo. Big roo only goes after two girls while little roo has the rest of the flock. They will get into pecking order and show who's domint. The two roos was from the same flock when I got them and was bullied by the hens.

 

[Maddison]

My guess is that they were dumped as young cockrels. judging by your neighbors, having roosters in a residential area may not be the best decision... unless of course you bought a no-crow collar, I've yet to test mine as I didn't put it on my roosters just to punish the past neighbors for being such arse-holes for no real reason... anyway if you really want to keep this lot build or buy a proper coop for the boys and if the hen hasn't moved on introduce her and see how it plays out, if the boys fight bad you will have to seperate or re-home one of them.