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Collect Eggs Daily and Eat Them Yes, just collect your eggs daily. For the first few days there is no way for you to notice any difference between a fertilized egg and one that is not. Eggs from a flock with or without a rooster are collected daily and refrigerated ensuring the development of the chick never takes place. Eggs sold today in supermarkets are infertile as there are no roosters with the laying hens. Eggs bought from roadside stands, farmers markets and some health food stores can be fertilized since the small flock owner often does own a rooster. Fertile eggs that have not been incubated and stored in cold conditions are indistinguishable from any other egg you might buy. There is no nutritional difference between fertile and infertile eggs but there really is a big difference between the taste of a farm fresh egg and those bought at a large store.
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∙ 13y agoNot recommended. You will quickly see damage to the four hens once the cockerels become fully sexually active. A single rooster will breed with as many as 15+ hens per day, five roosters competing for 4 hens will certainly harass the hens to the point of injury and possible loss of the hens.
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∙ 12y agoYes, sure. I had 12 hens and a rooster and we got 5 chickens!.
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∙ 12y agoYou can have as many hens as you want with A rooster. It's vital not to have 2 or more roosters together because they will fight over the hens and will eventually fight to death.
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∙ 12y agoOf course you can.
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How many roosters would it take to breed 3o hens?
The amount of roosters needed for breeding hens is about one rooster per ten hens
How many roosters for ten hens?
One
Are roosters male hens?
A term rooster is used for the male bird (the hen is a female bird) of certain species . There are chicken roosters and hens, pheasant roosters and hens, turkey roosters and hens etc. Ducks are drakes and hens. Geese are the "Goose and the Gander".
The roosters are 7 months old and hens are 4 months old can they be put together?
There shouldn't be a problem as long as the number roosters is not to large. The average ratio is one rooster for every four to six hens. If there are any more roosters than this they can cause damage to the hens.
What are similarities between hens and roosters?
Well, hens are girls and roosters are boys...that cover it?
Is 4 roosters too many for 6 hens?
Better to say 4 roosters is too many for 4 roosters. The 6 hens can wait a bit and soon there will be one rooster a-go-go, one in the hereafter, one running away, and one squating on the ground. The hens could deal with 6 roosters, but the big boy a go-go won't stand for more than him with his flock. actually 1 rooster needs 5 hens to be satisfied other wise roosters will fight One rooster will service (fertilize the eggs of) up to 6 hens. If you have more than 6 hens, you will need another rooster. 4 roosters on 6 hens is not good. The roosters will fight and the hens will be exhausted running from all the roosters.
Why are 2 chickens that are the gentlest picking fights with your 2 roosters?
It is likely that the roosters are aggressive, too rough with the hens, or that there are not hens in ratio to the amount of roosters.
What do roosters like?
Hens
Do commercial poultry suppliers raise hens or roosters?
Hens.
Would having roosters in your flock make hens lay more eggs?
No. Hens will lay more when there is less stress put on them, and having roosters - especially too many per hen, too large of a rooster, aggressive roosters, etc - will cause the hens a lot of stress.
Will roosters peck at hens?
Yes they will.
Will roosters die if no hens are around?
No.
