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I wouldn’t call getting the testicles removed from inside the body a little cut. Just because birds are very good at hiding pain (they are prey animals, after all), doesn’t mean they don’t feel it.

Yeah, I’ve had rooster flocks of two that worked out fine, it just seems that it’s a bit more likely for problems to happen with smaller flocks if you have two roosters with dominant personalities.

Interesting that feral chickens are adapting and living in places outside of their native range. That, by itself, is unnatural, but really shows that chickens can thrive in a variety of conditions, even ones that aren’t identical to their “natural” state.

From what I’ve read, adult male junglefowl can still be found in all-male flocks. And, if what you’re saying is true, there’s no “old men” junglefowl, because they just get killed by younger males once they’re past their prime. Having everything perfectly identical to nature is impossible...

You said yourself that junglefowl gather in all-male flocks. So I wouldn’t say they’re “as opposite nature as one can get”.

Most people on this site keep female-only flocks, many of them in large runs rather than free range. Would you view that as a female prison? If so, I think it’s unfair to target rooster-only flocks in particular when you’re against same-sex flocks in general. Once, my rooster flock and my mixed...

I’ve had experience with rooster-only flocks of many different sizes, and what I’ve seen a lot is that rooster flocks of only two roosters can result in more fights than larger flocks. This is because, if they both have a dominant personality, they’re just going to keep testing each other and...