Jasonpdx
Chirping
Hi All,
I have a conundrum. I started a meat flock last spring with 5 hens and a rooster. They are Rangers that I held out from a batch I got in the spring. My goal is to have a self-sustaining meat flock. Everything is going fine, except for the rooster. I've never had a rooster that crows SOOOOO much. He is a nervous guy! In the morning he'll crow every 10-20 seconds for about an hour straight. Then intermittently throughout the day. None of my other roosters crow nearly as much as this. And he's a big guy so he crows really loud. It's driving me nuts!
So, I'm stuck. If I process this guy, the flock has no point unless I start over again in the spring and have another year setback with no guarantees that the next rooster won't be just as annoying. Do I just need to learn to ignore the incessant crowing and chalk it up to, "well, that's a rooster"? Or should I consider this a false start, swallow the setback and look for a new beginning in the spring?
What would you do?
I have a conundrum. I started a meat flock last spring with 5 hens and a rooster. They are Rangers that I held out from a batch I got in the spring. My goal is to have a self-sustaining meat flock. Everything is going fine, except for the rooster. I've never had a rooster that crows SOOOOO much. He is a nervous guy! In the morning he'll crow every 10-20 seconds for about an hour straight. Then intermittently throughout the day. None of my other roosters crow nearly as much as this. And he's a big guy so he crows really loud. It's driving me nuts!
So, I'm stuck. If I process this guy, the flock has no point unless I start over again in the spring and have another year setback with no guarantees that the next rooster won't be just as annoying. Do I just need to learn to ignore the incessant crowing and chalk it up to, "well, that's a rooster"? Or should I consider this a false start, swallow the setback and look for a new beginning in the spring?
What would you do?