Oh, I'm with you on the " I need a forever home with green pastures for all the little roosters I want to hatch out but can't keep myself and won't ever, ever eat or let anyone else eat......stop hatching? Why would you suggest such a thing?"folks. Fortunatly, that's not what we're dealing with...
Not to hi-jack the OP's thread, but these are salmon faverolle chicks. Birds with feathered legs have them from hatch. Same with beards and muffs. Plus, OP's bird is clearly something red based, not salmon. I'm sorry but if your birds look like the OP, you definitely don't have Faverolles. Don't...