The rooster is often not the problem. The dominant hens are usually the aggressors when it comes to chicks. Is the rooster mean to the hen or chicks, if not then no, he will be just fine. If the rooster is mean then yes, but remove the brood hen and chicks to a safer location, not the rooster. A rooster is dominant when it comes to his territory but usually ignores the chicks running around.
You can put a rooster in with hens anytime you wish.You may find the yolks of those hens eggs will be a darker color.Bear in mind sometimes roosters that are in with hens may tend to be nasty.
If the young chickens have been raised by a broody hen, the rooster can be ever-present in the hen house. Mama hen will let everyone know when they are intruding on her babies.
If young chickens are an introduction to an established flock, there shouldn't be any problem with roosters mounting the pullets or fighting the cockerels.
If you place fully matured birds (about 5 months of age or older) in an already established flock, the rooster will claim the hens by mounting them, and he may establish a "pecking order" among the young roosters. It will take a couple of days to work out the hierarchy. If a single bird is sought out by the rooster, then that bird needs to be removed from the flock.
ideally you should wait until there up and eating or away from there eggs
You should separate a fighting rooster by the age of 8-12 months or when they start fighting each other.
Do when the hens start asking you to put Viagra in the roosters feed.
A young chicken is called a chick, a pullet (young hen), or a cockerel (young rooster).
None, a rooster, is an adult male chicken (with the female being called a hen). Immature male chickens of less than a year's age are called cockerels.
The comb of a young rooster (cockerel) should start to show by the end of the first month and will grow much faster than the comb of a pullet. Keep in mind not all chickens have combs, it depends on the breed of chicken you have.
A young rooster is called a cockerel
Young male chickens are called cockerels, which is sometimes shortened to just 'cock'. All male chickens in North America are more commonly called roosters.
If you want to get a small kind of rooster, you can get the polish rooster. The only thing you'll have to watch out for them is to cut their head dress. ( after a while it grows over their eyes.)
A young rooster is known as a cockerel.
A young rooster is called a cockerel. Male chickens under one year old are called this. After they reach their first year they are concidered an adult rooster.
Hens are chickens.Hens are female chickens and lay eggs.Roosters are male chickens and do not lay eggs.So your answer is YES, you need a hen to lay eggs.
The word Rooster in Spanish is GALLO when speaking of a young rooster or cockerel it is called Gallito
A rooster is a male chicken , A young rooster is a cockerel. A hen is a female chicken, A young hen is a pullet. A castrated Rooster is a Capon A baby chicken of either gender is a chick.
A cockerel is a young rooster. that is from the age of 4 months to 12 months. Then from the age 12 months and above will be a rooster. A chicken just born to the age of 4months is called a chicken