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I've butchered 5 of his brothers so it's not that I can't, but I definitely don't like doing it! I'd much rather leave that job to someone else, but there isn't anyone else, so I'll do what I have to do. :) There aren't a lot of chicken keepers in the area so rehoming one is unlikely.

Thank you for great advice! I do have a spare coop with run (not suitable for living in permanently), that I can put next to the existing run. I'll keep watch and see how it plays out.

Personally I don't really care which one it is, it is mostly my 10 year old son who loves both these two and would have hard time letting any of them go, so any good argument for which one helps him accept the choice we end up making. Hadn't he been at school during all this I'd have most likely...

It's mostly during storms or heavy wind when the wind direction hits right at the coop door that I close it during the daytime, and it's not so much for the birds than for the rain not getting into the coop and making the floor/sawdust wet. I could potentially get a small roof just over the door...

Thank you! It's a good point. The one that used to be in charge, despite being somewhat aggressive towards us, has been a good boss to the chickens, which is why we've kept him all along while butchering his other brothers. It might be better to just get it out of the way and butcher one. We are...

Yes and they have been living together peacefully in the coop since June. There has been very little friction between either the roosters or the hens. This is a sudden change and I'm not sure if it's a coincidence that it happens during a period of bad weather where they have had to do with less...

They are a mix of Australops and Lohman. The coop isn't super big, maybe 3 square meters in floor space plus nests and roosts. They mostly roost when they need to keep indoors because of the weather. The run is quite big, but I'm not sure how big. I close the door in the evening and open in the...

One more piece of information that might be relevant... We've had some terrible weather lately and for 2-3 days I've had to close the door to the coop in order to avoid the rain blowing in. They aren't outside anyway in such weather. They've had minimal outdoor time. So they've been cramped up a...

I have two roosters that appear to be fighting. I haven't actually seen them fight but on three occasions have found blood in the coop, twice today. The first time there was minimal amounts of blood and the bigger rooster had a wound on his comb. Nothing more seemed to happen for a couple of...