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Thank you so much for your reply. After reading all of the replies, I think I will choose shavings over hay on the plain concrete floor.

Thank you so much for your reply.

Thank you for your response, and I didn't know that hay was better.

We have a concrete old "milk house" for our chickens. Our past tenant had put carpeting down which will be disposed of very soon. Is it necessary to lay linoleum, etc., down? Also, we have shavings we put on the floor. Is hay better?

Thank you for your post! My broomstick does quite well at keeping him at bay.

No feathers ruffled here. I'm sorry if I came on strong. The "Good Post" icon was for you, not me.

Thank you! I've already asked a few already.

Thank you for the very warm welcome! I sure do love these Smileys.

Thank you for wishing me Good luck! My Silky is grey in color...and the smallest in the flock.

Thank you!

I'm not familiar with the term, "culled". BTW...I don't have any kids running around where the chickens and rooster are. My kids are grown.

LOL! Thanks for the humor. I'm feeling much better!

I understand your point. The rooster came with the 12 hens. One of our tenants (living in a cabin in the country) was moving to the city. She couldn't take the hens and rooster with her...so we ended up with them. I'm such an animal lover that I couldn't bare to eat Mr. Rooster.

Our chickens are egg-laying only. No chicks will be born. We gather the eggs each and every day.

Yes, it does help! Thank you! I had heard about pouring a bucket of water on him, but not a spray bottle.

I like your reply most of all. I HAVE hit him on the back, but not his head yet (smaller target). I also yell, "NO", several times to him. I figure if NO works on kids, cats, and dogs---then maybe it might work on roosters.

There's no way I can have him for dinner. I've already given him a name. It's "Mr. Rooster". I like the cage idea, but it's another thing getting him in it.

Thank you for the welcome. I know one chicken is a Silky.

I'm on the verge of tears right now. My rooster came at me while I was petting an older hen. I'm not sure how much more of this I can take...especially since I heard a horror story about a man who was attacked by a rooster and spent 10 days in the hospital. Is there a deterrent of some kind...

Mulberries, and they loved them!