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He's going to live his best rooster life.

EVEN BETTER! A gal just contacted me on FB. She wants to adopt Cayenne! She has a flock of hens who free range on her property here in the county. She is a veterinarian, so he would be a pet. She has experience with roosters, too, so hopefully she'll know how to deal with his raging hormones. I...

I've just decided to do an all-rooster flock. It will solve most of my problems and keep my poor, beleaguered conscience appeased. My hens will appreciate being rooster-free, I think.

I've had a couple of people inquire about him after posting on FB in a pet rehoming group and a poultry group. Both people seemed sketchy and wouldn't answer my questions. I looked over their profiles and researched them online. One guy seemed like he might have been into cockfighting (it's...

It's not working so well here. I think I must've done something wrong.

Thanks for this explanation. Very helpful. I've decided to rehome the cockerel. Some day, I'd really like to have a good rooster. Sigh.... I'm just not good at this.

How much scuffling between roosters us normal when working these things out? I haven't seen much, but I want to know if I should gave a zero tolerance type policy or if some disagreement is ok. They are only out tigether when free ranging (supervised), but they are separated most of the time.

I sorry for your loss, but that's a great ending.

I may do this if hubby doesn't disown me - lol!

Just an update on my 2 boys: Cayenne has started crowing and trying to mate, but he steers very clear of my older roo, Picotee. They have had no issues so far. I saw him try to mate Hyacinth (Orpington), and she shut him down. I'm hoping that he learns manners from my older ladies. I have 10...

I sure hope that's how it happens! So far, my rooster has been good with the new chicks. They are almost as big as he is now - lol! They are 5 weeks old and out there full time. They are still in their section of the run, but they got some foraging time with the big flock yesterday and today. My...

They have been out in a penned off area in the big chickens' run since week 3. I brought them in the last 2 nights because temps suddenly fell from 50s to 20s overnight. They are going back out today, I think. Thank you! This gives me hope!

Fairly certain it's a dominance thing. Like my female dog and my poor cat. No means no, dog. No means no.

Oh, I've read this a billion times! It's GREAT! And it gives me some hope. I continue to do these things with my grumpy guy. Some says, he gives me space. Some days he waits until I'm closing the door to the run. Some days he'll try to bite my ankles if I turn around. I haven't given up, but...

That must be a big coop! I love it!

Came home early because I'm so stupid sick. The house was a mess. The birds were low on food. The goats were still in the barn. NOT. HAPPY. And my kids are adults.

This is exactly how I feel, which is why my truculent rooster stays.

I love funky Spitz roosters! So pretty!

Just an update: We started integration this week, but had to bring the babies in last 2 nights because the temps fell into the 20s and I'm out of town (my adult son is house and chicken, duck, dog, cat, and goat sitting). My current rooster has been great with them so far. I think he thinks...

My birds have room. My current coop is about 8x10. They have a 200sq ft covered run that opens onto a 1600 sq ft yard that is surrounded by electric netting and covered with heavy duty aviary netting. I can pretty easily expand that except it'll take some space from the goats (who lost part of...