Two roosters and 1 hen (breeding)

[Golden Brahma 64]

so I’m thinking of breeding brahmas. But we have two roosters. One is a hybrid RIR and the other one is a Brahma of course. Will this effect the eggs ? Will some eggs be pure Brahma and others be hybrids ? I don’t want to separate my flock.

 

[Harmony Fowl]

Yes, each egg laid may be fertilized by either rooster. To be sure you have purebred offspring, you would need to remove the non-Brahma rooster and then wait several weeks to be sure only the Brahma rooster is fertilizing the hen’s eggs.

 

[Golden Brahma 64]

Just to add : I’m saying one hen because it’s that breed in particular! I keep various different pure Breds and mix breeds in my flock

 

[The Moonshiner]

Of course it will.
Some will be pure and some will be mixes.

 

[sourland]

In order to assure that the eggs are fertilized by the brahma rooster the other rooster will have to be away from the hens for at least 3 weeks as hens can store sperm for at least that long.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Hi & Welcome to Backyard Chicken.
If you don't want to remove the second roo your not going to have pure eggs. Sure you will get an occasional pure Brahma, but it's more likely with having 2 roosters with just one hen, that you end up not having fertile eggs. Both roo's will be vying for the hens attention & usually what happens is one roo will knock the other roo off the hen trying to mate her himself. That's where fertility problems come into effect, no one ends up successfully mating her.

 

[Golden Brahma 64]

Thanks everyone for the help. Ill probably start breeding them next year as The hens have all gone broody. I have ducks hatching tomorrow and various colors of brahmas eggs under a broody RIR hen, they’re dew next Friday. I also have golf balls under a buff Orpington. (I’m putting mixed eggs under her) She’ll be going where the broody duck is when the ducklings hatch

 

[Golden Brahma 64]

Hi & Welcome to Backyard Chicken.
If you don't want to remove the second roo your not going to have pure eggs. Sure you will get an occasional pure Brahma, but it's more likely with having 2 roosters with just one hen, that you end up not having fertile eggs. Both roo's will be vying for the hens attention & usually what happens is one roo will knock the other roo off the hen trying to mate her himself. That's where fertility problems come into effect, no one ends up successfully mating her.

I don’t have that problem as I have 12 hens per rooster here.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Hi & Welcome to Backyard Chicken.
If you don't want to remove the second roo your not going to have pure eggs. Sure you will get an occasional pure Brahma, but it's more likely with having 2 roosters with just one hen, that you end up not having fertile eggs. Both roo's will be vying for the hens attention & usually what happens is one roo will knock the other roo off the hen trying to mate her himself. That's where fertility problems come into effect, no one ends up successfully mating her.

That's called cock blocking but it won't matter the hen will be fertilized.
I have a ton of roosters in my laying flock and most breeding pens have multiple roosters and I've never had fertility issues from any of them.
You aren't gonna stop a rooster from breeding.

 

[ChickenLady2014]

I don’t have that problem as I have 12 hens per rooster here.

Im sorry, I miss understood your first post. When you said you had 2 roosters & 1 Brahma hen I thought that's all you had for birds & that was why you didn't want to seperate one roo. I understand now lol.