Raising Roosters to be Family-Friendly

Thank you for this. I’ve been impressed with my first rooster’s protective qualities and even though I don’t want a rooster, the alternatives just aren’t very good. I’ve lost several to hawks. Would a rooster be a helpful deterrent?

Good article on a gentler way to handle roosters. I'm determined to keep a rooster with my flock this time, after years and years of halfhearted attempts which inevitably went wrong. It's me. I'm the problem. That much is obvious. So I'm studying up, and I appreciate your viewpoint.