Will my roosters be ok if added to a flock of hens?

[Pandemic pandemonia]

I am rehoming 6 or 7 of my roosters. The person who wants them says they have 60 hens and plan to have 200 hens. They say they will provide so many hens that the roosters will not fight. Is that true? I have had to separate them as they matured and began fighting into groups that do get along well. I am concerned because I had two that were fighting like they would not stop until one had died and I had to separate them the other day. I don't want to put my roosters into a situation where they maybe fighting and killing each other or attacked by the hens. I have three hens and put one rooster in one day to see how that would work and had to rescue him. I have been advertising my roosters for sale or even free at times to try and find new homes for them but having very little luck finding a new home. I almost let them go to a processor because of their crowing until I lowered the top of their pen and did manage to quiet them some. I don't want to keep them that way because they deserve a better home. This sounds great if they get along but I am not sure they won't fight. What do you think?

 

[Pandemic pandemonia]

I did let the person adopting them know they are fighting and had to be separated and they asked how many roosters they could get so they would bring the right amount of cages but said they would not fight when with the hens because they would have plenty of hens and be free ranged. I'm needing advice if this is safe or not. I have some that would be going that want to fight each other when in the same pens.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Odds are that if they really do have that many hens they'll be fine. However they need a lot of space too. Heck, right now I've got a flock of 9 girls (including pullets) with 3 males. They split up into subflocks or other males simply don't try to breed

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Also full on fighting or dominance spars and squabbles?

 

[Pandemic pandemonia]

Thanks for the reply. I'm hoping they will make groups or flocks on their own alright. I do wonder if the person really has that many birds and it sounds a little weird but if they have enough land they might. I am in a position where I am needing to try and rehome them or send them to the freezer and I don't want to do that but I don't want to have them get picked on either.

 

[Pandemic pandemonia]

Usually it would be a dominance squabble then stop but those two looked like they were going to fight to the death. I had rearranged them in the pens to try and quiet their crowing after two days of almost constant crowing. When I went back out about an hour later two of them were bloody and wouldn't stop fighting even with me trying to stop them. They were a terrible mess. They are both up for adoption and I'm thinking maybe they should not both go to the same owner even if he does have a bunch of hens. Also my hens seriously attacked that one rooster when I tried putting one in with them one day and I had to get him out after just a few minutes. I'm worried all those hens could attack my roosters. It is hard knowing that if they don't find a new home they may end up slaughtered for meat soon.

 

[Pandemic pandemonia]

The dominance squabbles usually don't last long either. Then they stop fighting.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It's possible they aren't exaggerating about the number of hens that have. I have about 50 (multiple flocks) and will have about double that once I figure out who is staying.

If they're truly fighting, I would only give one to them, just to be safe

 

[Pandemic pandemonia]

Most of them get along except those two. They did fight to settle who is the head guy but that's about it then they settled down. I was concerned they might get more aggressive after being around the hens though. I really need to get rid of as many as possible because of the location and the noise they are making most of the time. I can't keep them in a pen with a low roof like I have them now to try and keep them quiet. I haven't had any other calls for them and I couldn't even get our dog pound to take some of them because they didn't want to use their pens for a chicken. My only other place to take them to is the meat processor. I was going to keep one or two but really hate to keep a fighter but maybe I should to keep those two birds separate that were fighting so badly. Would you think it would be ok to give the others that are settled into a pecking order to him and just keep one of the two that were fighting?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Would you think it would be ok to give the others that are settled into a pecking order to him and just keep one of the two that were fighting?

I think that would work just fine