I put my male in with a girl for 2 days, then switch him to another girl for another 2 days. He gets put back in his own bin the morning of feeding day for him, and then he gets the day after that off to digest--then it's back with the girls. If he doesn't eat, he still gets those 2 days off, once a week.

At least once, maybe twice during the season, he gets a week off.

Size of the male matters, too--a young male that starts to look too skinny or is off feed for too long should probably get a warm-up and sit out the rest of the season--don't want him to lose too much weight.