Oh and to add to the kill convo, we do gunshot kills. My husband takes them into a field where he lets them forage for a few minutes. They're calm and don't know what's coming. This is for culling a single bird we love, not processing multiples. There are a quick few seconds of stillness, during...
This rooster behavior advice is top notch. You DO need to have the "i'm the boss here" attitude. I have a few roos in my chick brooder ( straight from the hatch this time) now and my instinct somehow felt not to coddle them too much. Roos don't love you once their hormones kick in, and I feel...