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Thanks! He met his end on Monday. He’s been resting in a nice brine since then and I’m now trying to figure out what to do with him for dinner.

I do understand that much; however from what I’ve seen of other folks raising their rooster with full grown hens, the boys running across the yard full predator mode and forcing the hens to lay for them even with abundant squawking and hollering is not typical. I’ve heard talk of roosters...

I sold my alpha rooster Henry today. He went to live with another flock whose boys have migrated to the neighbors. Debbie will be processed, along with my three black sexlinks and one poorly-looking Rhode Island Red hen that has thrown several “jelly eggs” over the past little bit. I just don’t...

I haven’t culled him; I am however considering either selling or eating both of my current boys. I hatched a clutch sired almost solely (I think) by my Rhode Island Henry, but both of my current boys are terribly aggressive when mating the ladies (they’re all either completely bare-backed or...

I did try that once but I can’t get close enough to him when he’s not in the coop to do that

Thanks for the advice! I'll definitely keep that in mind!

On another note... thank you all for the stories and replies! I definitely would have culled him a long time ago if it weren't for the fact that his spurs are so very dull. They truly are so dull that I can mash my thumb against them and it only hurts because of the pressure, not because they...

Alright folks, sorry about the late reply. This is day four of his rehabilitation using beekissed's method, and today was the first day he started to be a buttmuncher again. I was out working my garden up by hand (lack of a tiller or tractor unfortunately means lots and lots of manual labor) and...

I haven't actually seen this thread myself, only this bit I'm about to paste. I was introduced to this concept on another thread about an aggressive rooster that I was participating in (and by participating I mean getting told I'm terribly abusive to this hateful rooster because I kick him in...

Update: While tomorrow was initially going to be the kill date, I've decided to try one last-ditch effort to make him shape up and I'm going to give him one week to improve. If he does, he gets to stay. If he doesn't, or if he starts out improving and then goes back to the same old mess, I will...

Thank you! I certainly hope so. He’s honestly a terror to the ladies; he has to take every chance he can get behind Henry, the alpha’s back, so most of his “courting” consists of running at them, head and wings down with his chest puffed up in what seems like full predator mode, before he...

Thank you so much for the link and the tips, as well as the support! I believe we will be much better off; I was planning on keeping one or two Roos of the new breeds I brooded this spring anyhow so eliminating one makes room for another, as awful as it sounds. I’m hoping my other boys play...

Thank you! I’ll keep an eye on the wound; it’s not a puncture due to his incredibly dull spurs but it still had plenty of nastiness in it I’m sure. I can’t bring myself to give him to someone else and have them potentially get hurt. Given that he attacks strangers I have no doubt his actions...

I tried the picking him up and carrying him deal, but I can’t catch him except off the roost at night or first thing in the morning before I let them out, and I go to college full time so it’s hard to work with their schedule. No, I was feeding them out of a scoop! Tossing handfuls like I...

Meet Debbie. We thought he was a girl when he was young because he was a little behind the other cockerels in coloring and such, hence the name Debbie. Debbie is, to put it lightly, a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad rooster. He’s the beta of the flock and has, thus far, attacked me (his...