Too Many Roosters

[Chickie6]

Hello,
I am raising my first flock. I have 8 chickens total. 4 for sure are hens. 3 for sure are roosters. And one is a mystery yet. They have a 10x10 covered run that they spend most of the day in while I am at work and i let them out in the evenings and when I'm home on weekends. They were hatched around April 18th. There is already crowing. I dont see any fighting yet. Any advice on this situation?

Thank you.

 

[Chickassan]

Start finding homes for some roosters?
If you don't rehome you'll have to build a pen just for the boys since there is no way 10×10 can contain what is coming your way.

 

[Chickie6]

Start finding homes for some roosters?
If you don't rehome you'll have to build a pen just for the boys since there is no way 10×10 can contain what is coming your way.

I'm afraid to ask what is coming?

If I put the boys seperate will they be okay together?

 

[Chickassan]

What is coming is a lot of unsavory yet natural chicken behavior that you do not want put in a small space for easy viewing.
Mating, fighting, combos of both it really can even kill somebody!
But yeah the boys together will be fine. You will need to keep their view of your ladies to a bare minimum, the girls make them nutty.

I'm afraid to ask what is coming?

If I put the boys seperate will they be okay together?

 

[Chickie6]

A chicken bachelor pad/coop.

Thank you for the input. I am very fond of all of them and would opt to keep them.

 

[Chickassan]

No problem, much easier to deal with things once you know what to expect.
The stuff is pretty much a sure thing too, so a heads up is huge.

A chicken bachelor pad/coop.

Thank you for the input. I am very fond of all of them and would opt to keep them.

 

[micstrachan]

I love that you’ll keep the boys in their own bachelor pad!

 

[BigBlueHen53]

High school with feathers, lol. Hmm, I had not thought of a bachelor pad or frat society situation ... but no, that won't work here, my pens are too small and close together and every afternoon everybody free ranges. No... won't work. Two roosters is all I need. The other two are just too randy and rough and are giving my innocent pullets fits already; they will make excellent dumplings. I hate doing it, their feathering is magnificent!