How many hens per rooster for cageless/chicken yard flock.

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Open pen with hawk-proof wire cover; up to 30'x 30' pen.

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  • Joyceawhitt Joyceawhitt on Feb 17, 2018

    If you have more than one rooster there are going to be fighting. We had 25 hens and 1 rooster and he was plenty busy he didn't have time to abuse his "favorites" and my girls didn't have as many naked backs and tears in their skin from his Spurs. Right now I have 15 hens and no roosters and they lay plenty of eggs but we can't raise babies. Roosters eat lots of grain and really are not necessary for happy hens
    • Kak7386657 Kak7386657 on Feb 17, 2018

      Thanks... I had the same experience with our last rooster.... we have 5 hens left after the 'coons' killed 32 when we were out of the country...just starting back up again... Thanks again.
  • Joyce E Snider Joyce E Snider on Feb 24, 2018

    My in-laws had a hatchery and they put one rooster to 50 chickens.
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