Sunday, August 2, 2009

Can roosters that grow up together stay in the same cage?

I was ordering some chicks and if they grew up from baby to adult will they get along? I have females will they fight for teritory or female or will it be ok if they grew up together
Answers:
Your question depends on a few things. First are you going to be keeping the roosters together( By together I mean will they be in the same cage for the time they are with you). If you are then there will not be any major fighting. Yes, the roosters will establish who is stronger and better but you will not have any roosters harmed. I kept thirteen roosters in one coop once and they all got along with each other, but they were with each other since they were chicks.
Now if you are planning to keep the roosters and separate them and then put them back together when they are older you are going to have some problems. If you separate them for any time period (sometimes even 1-2 days) your roosters will forget each other and start to fight.
If you do have fighting issues it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to have chicken dinner. The rooster will eventually work it out. Not many roosters will fight to death. So you will not have to worry about that unless you are purchasing breeds that are known to fight.
What you can do if your roosters start to fight is pick them up and put them into cages. (Not together they each must have their own cage, this is a time out for them) After an hour let them out again. If they still continue to fight repeat this. It may seem like hard work but one thing it does is work.
Now another thing you may want to consider is that some breeds are calmer then others. Thus there will be less fighting among them. These breeds include the Brahma, Silkie, and Cochin. These breeds do not include Jungle Fowl, Leghorns, and most bantams.
The ideal flock numbers are-
10-15 hens per bantam rooster and 6-8 hens per standard breed rooster.
Good luck
Roosters will fight.
You will have to separate, sell or eat the roosters.
YES, it is perfectly okay. They may have to fight a little to establish a hierarchy, but this is natural and its best to let them fight, as long as they dont severely injure each other. Just make sure you dont have too many roosters or they will overmate the hens...If you have more than one rooster, make sure there is about 10 hens for each one.
its fine but make sure you have enough hens..i have 4 roosters with my 50 hens and the do fight once in awhile but i have never seen blood..now my mama hen on the other hand will whip everyone that goes by her babies...but they should be fine..
If the roosters grow up together, they doubt that they will try and kill each other. The best thing to do would be to seperate your flock. But if you really want to keep just one flock, it is possible. Just make sure that the enclosed area you keep the hens and the roosters in is large enough so that the weaker rooster will be able to get away from the stronger one in case they do have a little tiff. If you really want to have peace within the flock, make sure that there are enough hens for every rooster and that the roosters can have an even number of hens so they don't fight over the 'extras'. I suggest about eight hens to every rooster. Have a couple of different bowls for each water and feed. Roosters don't really tolerate other roosters at their food and water sources. If you have three roosters, have three seperate water bowls and food bowls. Also make sure that the highest perches are the same height as well. When roosters sleep at night, the higher they are, it shows that they have more power and dominance. It's not a necessity, but if you want peaceful evenings, you might want to look into it.
Hope that I was of some help to you.

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