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I look at it differently. I look at roosters as meat for the freezer. I will say that it took me a while to want to butcher the “pretty ones”. They are beautiful, but when they’re complete jerks it’s a little easier. We raised Cornish x for quite a few years because it was easier for me to...

I’ve been raising chickens for almost 40 years. What I have learned is, as @Mrs.K says, “Roosters are a crap shoot.” I will say that I haven’t had as much problem with human aggressiveness once I started raising them the way I do now, but every now and then there is one who can’t figure out that...

Isn’t it amazing how quickly things change? We had four 5-month old cockerels, 23 pullets and 11 mature hens. When the boys became “of age”, they started with the hens. The hens, while experiencing some feather loss, weren’t traumatized by the cockerels. But then those cockerels started chasing...

I think you did the right thing. Especially since he was starting to think bad thoughts toward you. I am very happy with a cockerel/rooster that takes off when I come near. Watch him, and if he starts behaving badly you can always cull him then.