As I mentioned in yesterdayâs post about the house where Joan Crawford (aka Faye Dunaway) lived in Mommie Dearest, I have become just a wee-bit obsessed with the 1981 film as well as the 1978 autobiography of Joanâs daughter, Christina Crawford, on which it was based.
Hens will lay nutritious eggs without having a rooster around. A virile rooster will mate frequently with most or all the hens in his harem. If there arenât enough girls to divide his time among, he may wear them out. This can cause damage to the hensâ combs, necks, and backs from the roosterâs beak and spurs. Generally, a good minimum ratio is 8-10 hens per rooster.
How to sex chickens Although everybody can tell a hen from a rooster when they're fully grown, it can be difficult to disentangle your cockerels (male) from your pullets (female) if you're raising straight run (un-sexed) chicks.he best way to sex chickens, in my opinion, is to watch your birds mature in their second month of life. The males will nearly always start showing a comb before the females and will already be larger --- this is much easier to tell if you have multiple chicks of the same breed and age to compare.