Two roosters???

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smigitte

smigitte

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I have two rooster chicks when will they start crowing and will they fight often? I had a rooster but the ones I have now are growing very fast and they are the same size as their bantam mother at three weeks they are not aggressive but will they be once they grow older
 
I have two as well. They are 3 months old and I was in denial because they were all supposed to be females when I got them at the farm store at a few days old. Only one that I can tell crows , the one that seems to be "in charge"however on a few occasions I have noticed they both will fluff their ne k feathers and fight. Not hurting one another from what I can see just disappointed that I didn't get 6 hens I now have 4 with two roosters :(
 
smigitte said:
I have two rooster chicks when will they start crowing and will they fight often? I had a rooster but the ones I have now are growing very fast and they are the same size as their bantam mother at three weeks they are not aggressive but will they be once they grow older
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As siblings these two might get along together for quite some time. As to crowing, I watched a video yesterday of a day old rooster chick crowing. My young roosters this year started to crow at seven weeks, but there is one rooster that still has not crowed and they are around 11-12 weeks old now. So starting to crow varies from bird to bird and breed to breed. Some breeds crow sooner than others.
 
smigitte said:
I have two rooster chicks when will they start crowing and will they fight often? I had a rooster but the ones I have now are growing very fast and they are the same size as their bantam mother at three weeks they are not aggressive but will they be once they grow older
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There's no definite answer to either of your questions, So many variables can influence them. How many chickens do you have? How big an area are they in? Can they get away from each other ,if necessary? What breed are they?
Many people including myself have multiple roosters while others have problems with more than one.
Same with crowing. I've had roosters who started to make rooster noises at three weeks while another didn't crow until well after 7 months. Those were my two extremes, and everything in between.
 
Welcome to Backyard chickens - a rooster can handle 10 hens, any less and the hens are likely to be overbred and damaged. Unless you need fertile eggs for hatching, a rooster is not necessary. Having one(two) would be your decision. Hens will lay just as many eggs without a rooster
 

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