What To Do With Unwanted Cockerels

You have a 10 percent chance of getting a roo, not one.

You can keep more than one rooster in a flock.

It is not necessary to demand a visit to the rooster's future home.

Cockfighting is very uncommon now days, especially in certain countries, and most the time only game fowl are used.

And more.
For those that read the 2 star review, stating that only gamefowl are used for fighting, be aware that those gamefowls go through lengthy training sessions before put "in the ring". Your rehomed cockerel would not be used for ring fighting, but training fodder for the up and coming gamefowl roosters. Any rooster can be used for that, since the idea is for it to lose to the gamefowl bird (and die a horrible death in the process). So the article is correct that you need to worry about rehoming cockerels in that regard. And, though cockfighting is illegal in every state, it is only a misdemeanour in most states and few arrests are ever made. It is prevalent in every state.
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I think the whole mission in the life of the hen, is to reproduce as well. This wording paints a feminist view of a world, that the male is only interested in 1 thing, while the hen sits around laying eggs for no other reason than our enjoyment..
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I am currently in just such a situation of having six pullets that I believe are all hens.

They are Orpington’s.
I’ll bee watching for Rooster signs.
I noticed that this article has a lot of information in it that is just plain wrong. For one, you can definitely keep more than one roo in a flock. There are many people on this forum that keep multiple roosters together successfully, even with a small amount of hens. Secondly, your chance of getting a rooster from sexed female chicks is closer to 10-15%, not 1% (unless the chicks are sex-linked). I also don't see why fertile eggs are a problem. They taste the same as infertile eggs, and will only hatch into chicks if a hen goes broody and stays on them for most of the day for 21 days. I'm also confused about the concern about cockfighting. Roosters used in cockfighting are mostly gamefowl, which are rarely raised in backyard flocks for eggs. Also, not all options were discussed, as a bachelor pad wasn't mentioned at all in this article.
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This article gives you the basics on what to do with unwanted cockerels or roosters. It can be tough to find them a home, be patient and cautious and eventually you will find them a good home.
This is the kind of information I hoped to learn when I joined BYC.
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Great article! Well written and thoughtful.
An overall informative article, well written
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thankyou for that first of all. At least I know 99% chance of being a hen is great luck for me LOL. I currently have 3 broody hens sitting in eggs
* sigh* so a few may turn out to be roosters but fingers crossed
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