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4 hens per rooster is a better ratio. Roosters often "rough up" the hens when they breed, so having more hens will prevent any one hen from being picked on too much. I know lots of people who feel like 8 hens per rooster is about the maximum the average rooster can handle.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoOf course it is. Hens do not need a rooster to lay eggs. The eggs you purchase in most supermarkets are laid by hens that have never seen a male bird. Roosters are kept with a flock for fertilizing the eggs and for protection of the flock. Many small farms keep a rooster just for renewal of the flock each spring but it is not necessary.
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Will roosters become aggressive without any hens around?
Yes
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".
Can hens lay eggs without roosters?
Yes they defiantly can :) I have 3 Hens no Roster here and we get eggs daily
What are similarities between hens and roosters?
Well, hens are girls and roosters are boys...that cover it?
What the roosters does in the farm?
He makes hens eggs fertile. Hens lay eggs without a rooster, so unless you want more chickens, you do not have to have a rooster around. Roosters tend to be bad tempered and actually hens lay MORE eggs without a rooster around. Roosters are constantly bothering the hens for sex and are very aggressive about it so the hens get quite frazzled about it. Roosters can sometimes pluck all of a hens feathers out chasing her around grabbing her for sexual purposes. They also crow loudly before dawn breaks every morning for about half an hour. You can always get more hens at a hatchery.
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
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
Do commercial poultry suppliers raise hens or roosters?
Hens.
Will roosters peck at hens?
Yes they will.
Will roosters die if no hens are around?
No.
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.
