rehome rooster

Hi – I’m Cynthia, a newbie backyard chicken parent. Henny Penny showed up in July 2022 and stayed. We thought we’d like a few hens once we retired, but that little stray accelerated the process. As the name (which stuck) implies, we mistook Henny for a “she” but crowing and beautiful saddle &...

Hi! We bought chicks that were supposed to be hens and ended up with a rooster. Bought as chicks February 24th, so he is over 16 weeks. Free and looking for a new home

I am a new chicken owner and my daughter and I have 10 to start (yes, I know chicken math!) and 9 are hens with one of our favorites being a rooster. Speckles is awesome, 4 months old, very sweet, but we are NOT keeping a rooster. The spurs I am not equipped as a newbie to handle, nor do we...

Rooster #1 - Chickovsky - 1 years old - hates my husband - his 2 hens have lost feathers from his obsessive copulating. Yet he is very sweet with them when they lay eggs - sits by them in the coop while they are in the nesting box; he very protective and shares his bug finds with them. But...