Too many Roosters...

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Welcome to BYC. At 5 months old you have two cockerels - not roosters. Think teenaged sex driven kids. I'd separate the cockerels until the pullets start laying and then I would try introducing the more mellow cockerel back into the flock.
 
Welcome. Every flock needs a rooster. They are awesome. They protect, keep order, organized, etc...basically make your job a lot easier. Hens are easy. Easy is always without much in return. Roosters are complex and have a specific role they play; and roosters have the capability to be your best friend. I don't agree with getting rid of both. They are not aggressive, they are just finding their way.
 
sourland said:
Welcome to BYC. At 5 months old you have two cockerels - not roosters. Think teenaged sex driven kids. I'd separate the cockerels until the pullets start laying and then I would try introducing the more mellow cockerel back into the flock.
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How old till i reintroduce? Do i wait till they are a year old?
 
LTAY1946 said:
Hello and Welcome to BYC! Glad that you joined our community. Try then to keep just one and one in a solitary confinement coop of his own for a little while. At least until you can rehome him. If the girls like the other rooster keep him. If not maybe dumplings are in order. Unless you need a protective rooster free ranging or are wanting to hatch eggs you don't need a rooster to keep hens happy. I love good roosters and eat the bad ones. If one of your girls goes broody and you want to let her be a mama then you can often buy local hatching eggs. From what I have read and been taught disease does not transmit through eggs that hatch.
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I agree eat em ....if you are unable 2 sell them. I watched a cpl of my roosters kill some chicks i released to free range . Realized I had 2 many roosters and ordered a plucker online...
 

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