what age can you put a roo with pulllets

[kbarnes]

I have a nice aracauna roo that gets supervised range time with my flock of 2 month olds. Now he is calling to them to try to mate. I know he's to big so that's when range time stops for him. My question is at what age/size can i completely intergrate my roo.

 

[chicmom]

You could leave them together now as long as he's not beating them up. They will run from him. They'll let him know when they're ready, which could be anywhere from 17 weeks to 25 weeks, depending on the breed.

 

[kbarnes]

He's not really beating them up but when he mounts them he's just so much bigger that they look like they could get hurt. He hasn't hurt them yet. Just a couple pecks on the head of the few that get a little to curious with his tail feathers.