Too Many Roos?

[Chickenfiend]

Can i keep my 3 australorp hens and roo with a golden phoenix roo they will be raised together? Could that be to many roos for for the hens causing the males to fight?

 

[mangled]

2 roos on 3 hens is way too many roos. They will overbreed your hens. Even roos who are raised together may fight each other, and may fight over your girls.

I think a good ratio is about 10 hens to 1 roo. We had 54 hens and 2 roos, and even with that many hens, the "favorites" were being overbred and got some bald spots.

Good luck-
Em