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

[Borgus]

Back in August, I had 2 roosters show up in my yard. They live happily together in a oak tree and they forge 4 yards. They get along and tend to watch out for one another.

As I left my house this morning, I saw a new chicken in the neighborhood. There was a hen that was feeding on the side of the road. She was probably 100 yards from my boys if it were a straight path.

My question is what is going to happen? Are my boys going to wander off searching for love in all of The wrong places? Or, will their crowing woo her to their roost?

Any insight is helpful. I’ll post picks as well.

 

[sylviethecochin]

They'll probably follow her back, and then she'll follow them back, and then the house with the better/more feed and higher roosts gets the chickens (personal experience)

 

[i like emus]

So start feeding the chickens anything but rice tho and they'll come to you

 

[JedJackson]

They'll probably follow her back, and then she'll follow them back, and then the house with the better/more feed and higher roosts gets the chickens (personal experience)

Agree. And those are very handsome roosters! The hen in the pic looks like an American game hen.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Glad you're here !

Not sure you would want to lure her in. 2 roos and 1 hen... they'd fight over her a LOT ... and their friskiness might hurt/kill her. I think you might either wanna find a home for the hen, or start a bigger flock.

 

[sourland]

How you gonna keep the boys on the farm once they've found love ? Their happy partnership may be about to end as they vie for her affection.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

How you gonna keep the boys on the farm once they've found love ? Their happy partnership may be about to end as they vie for her affection.

Agree!!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

You will probably have to seperate the roosters as they will fight over the hen.

 

[Maddison]

Glad you're here !

Not sure you would want to lure her in. 2 roos and 1 hen... they'd fight over her a LOT ... and their friskiness might hurt/kill her. I think you might either wanna find a home for the hen, or start a bigger flock.

Especially considering how small the little rooster is compared to that other one, just may well be a blood bath....

 

[sylviethecochin]

Especially considering how small the little rooster is compared to that other one, just may well be a blood bath....

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.