I have 14 hens, and 2 roosters. My boys are brothers, who have always loved each other. I've never seen them fight more than a mild spar, and they rarely do that, although they are about 5 months old, and one of them is an aggressive mater.

@pretendfarm

7 ай бұрын

They’ll be fine 😊

I have 3 roosters they are brothers. I have had them since they hatched. Things got interesting when the hormones came in. Who's in charge has changed twice. There was lots of blood. Hoping now that they are over a year old things will be calming down. We did get build a bigger coop cuz they did not like sleeping near each other.

@pretendfarm

5 күн бұрын

I think the key is having lots of hens and lots of space. Each rooster will take his ladies and go separate ways. They really think they’re something 😅

Your roosters are beautiful!

Just hatch my first batch of eggs. Got a Roo. So far it's all good. Already doing what was suggested in this video. Got plenty of hens. Multiple food and water soures. So it's sounds like I'm on the right track. Here's hoping Father and Son can live together. I introduced them day three. The older Roo is getting protective. 🤞

@pretendfarm

Жыл бұрын

I think you’re going to be just fine! They’re barnyard chickens. I’ve got 3 roosters under the same roof right now and still no problems! I’ll do a video update soon to show how they’re getting along

Never keep just 2!! That’s a definite disaster waiting to happen. You need eithrr 1 or 3, or more. Two alone will fight eachother wrecklessly, as opposed to the others blended in to break up fights and ease tensions.

@pretendfarm

4 ай бұрын

That makes sense. I guess it spreads the testosterone out more 😂

I have 17 hens with two Roo's - father n son--- the son is 7 months old and basically have the same situation in my yard like yours--father is a pure Delaware and son is half Delaware-half Barred Rock and is 3 inches taller ;) Will be keeping a close eye on them as time goes on.

2 roosters protect the flock better than just one. Putain de faucons, the roosters are coming !

@janicealderson4329

4 ай бұрын

Je avais 2 roosters ausi! Je fait le addition plus females much fun!

I thought the same way. Until today.

I'm guessing there will be challenges when Bucky slows down.

@pretendfarm

Жыл бұрын

The tables very well may turn…..of course by then they’ll have been together for years. Hopefully they can stay cordial 😁

I think Buffs Orpingtons tend to be mild mannered. Which is good for having multiple roosters. We have rooster brothers. They do ok. But every now and then we have a knock down drag out to settle a score and then they are friends again. 😂 My issue is I hatched out a bunch of eggs and ended up with way too many cockerels. Now I love them all and can’t bare to let them be Sunday dinner, and no one wants them for otherwise. I’m a sucker for a sweet and pretty rooster.

@pretendfarm

11 ай бұрын

That’s a tough boat to be in. I wish I could keep every rooster myself but I just can’t

@duboislegacyfarm

11 ай бұрын

@@pretendfarm I know. It’s tough raising chickens. Take the good with the bad I suppose. I wouldn’t want to not have them, so we find a way to deal. Chickens is a problem solving exercise. 😂

Nice faverrolles and buff Orpington rooster

@pretendfarm

6 ай бұрын

Thank you ☺️

No blood yet! Says the city girl🤪

You got a lot of place and many femelle that help a lot😊

@pretendfarm

10 ай бұрын

It sure doesn’t hurt! 😀

Do they share the same coop and if they do how does it work out?

@pretendfarm

Ай бұрын

Same coop, sometimes even same roost bar 😅

i have 2 rosters who get along good enough but we are having to take in a 3rd what should i do we have a pretty big coupe with two different sections? never really had any chicken fights or any problems? I just feel like this will be a problem.

@pretendfarm

3 ай бұрын

I feel like that’s definitely going to be a problem

I was given a rooster - he is mean! We raised 2 hens and one rooster last year and he is so beautiful we wanted to keep him. He gets the run around from the older one! The young rooster is 'with' his 2 hens most of the time. Thing is I want to introduce some more girls for them. The older one has 3 hens and the younger one has only 2. I am going to get another 5 hens segregate them a while and then 2 girls with the older one alone and 3 with the younger one - we will see what happens! The aim is for them to have 5 girls each (?).

How old is that second rooter?

@pretendfarm

Ай бұрын

Almost 2

I am curious do the roost in the same coop. And do you get snow? 💕NonnaGrace 🐓

@pretendfarm

Жыл бұрын

Yes and yes!

My two roosters behaviour is similar. The dominant one (General) chases the other one (Lieutenant). General gets triggered when Lieutenant mates his girl. What is this behaviour from the General?

@pretendfarm

4 ай бұрын

There is always a dominant rooster and a subordinate one when you have multiple roosters living together. Mine have always displayed the behavior you mentioned for years, but nobody ever got hurt. I don’t know what happened to cause this now since they’ve lived together for years 🤷🏻‍♂️

@hamzasaud2840

4 ай бұрын

That's good to hear that its normal behaviour. One more thing i noticed is that the Lieutenant hasn't started crowing yet, that too happens because of the presence of the dominant rooster?

@pretendfarm

4 ай бұрын

@@hamzasaud2840 yes!

@janicealderson4329

4 ай бұрын

My young rooster soon found his voice faint at first though! He stays as far as possible from the older one!@@hamzasaud2840

@mickandmelissadelo8374

3 ай бұрын

We have an established one year old rooster and 8 hens. We rescued another rooster and have him in a pen within the main run. The 2 fight thru the fence and the new guy is about the same size but with longer spurs. I really want to try to merge , but don’t want my boy getting hurt. Would you have Suggestions or advice , please??