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  1. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Thank you! Love the name Ketchup! I am no longer looking to re-home Louise/Larry. It was proving to be way too stressful because I wasn’t willing to just give him to anyone, or go to a swap meet. And, we really like him! Most replies gave more pros than cons, and pointing out that...
  2. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Thank you!
  3. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Thank you! Good info.
  4. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Very interesting, thank you for your thoughts on this and some of what to expect. I like to trouble-shoot things before they happen so I'm not surprised and unprepared. I really like that tip about offering him food first. I guess time will tell how this all works out.
  5. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Your pictures are stunning!! Thank you for your response. Can you elaborate a bit more about "If you keep him with the pullets he grew up with he may be a hormonal pain, and that won't be fair to him, you and especially the pullets"? Louise/Larry is one of 5 pullets, they are all 12 weeks old...
  6. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Thank you! This is the sort of advice I'm looking for. Right now, my existing hens tolerate all the pullets in the pen, but do not like them in their bedroom (coop) at night. I'll eventually post about those goings on.
  7. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Oh! That's interesting!! I will keep that in mind. He does run up to me often. I try to daily pick each one up so they know my touch and for when we might need to wash poopy butts and inspect. All tolerate it, some love it and some are ready to get down. Thanks.
  8. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    This was a very strange response to my question....not sure what you mean by not understanding why "someone with the means wouldn't want their chickens free-ranging and breeding"...but, it sure came across pretty belittling/condescending. We don't BREED chickens because we don't SELL our...
  9. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Wow! Thanks for sharing your story of E/J. I think you had no choice once you realized the damage he was causing. How horrific. That would be the line-in-the-sand for me as well. I hope your Buff Orpington has recovered.❤️
  10. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    HaHa...Beyonce and now a JayZ! He's very handsome. Thanks for your "no regrets" reply.
  11. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Thank you. Good information. Louise/Larry is 12 weeks old now and we handle him and the others a lot. Hopefully that will be a good thing we are doing. We are strictly for the eggs and the chicken companionship, so if we keep him he stays.
  12. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Thanks for your reply! Yes, I know I don't have to keep him, and I won't if I can find him a good home. If I cannot (seems unlikely), I will keep him and deal with things as they come. Just hoping to know what some of those things might be.
  13. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Thank you. Yes, we definitely don't want hatching of any kind and get eggs out every day with the hens we have now.
  14. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Thank you! I appreciate hearing "no regrets!" Louise/Larry is a Buff Orpington and apparently the roosters are not known to be aggressive/mean. We do handle L/L as much as he allows.
  15. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Thank you for your reply! My concern was more about whether keeping a rooster, when not needing one, would cause misery to the laying hens I did have. I had read roosters 'do it' a lot and hens can get hurt. But, that's the extent of my knowledge and since I didn't expect a rooster, I obviously...
  16. BeeJayBird

    My Question Is This: Do you have regrets keeping your rooster?

    Among the 7 chicks ordered from Murray McMurray Hatchery ($$$), one chick did not survive the journey which was super sad for us. Then, a few weeks ago we realized our female Louise (Buff Orpington) is very much a male Larry. I'm a born trouble-shooter, but I dropped the ball on the...
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