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Sumo kicked some butt at his new home. Something was preying on the hens and he drove it off. He got bit a little but he protected his ladies. When his new owner told me I was so proud. He's a good guy. I miss him.
After he was gone, one of the hens, Night-night, tried to take me on...
There really isn't any reason to keep a rooster. We bought our chicks straight run. Out of 10 chicks, 7 of them turned out to be roosters. We butchered 6 of those and kept the quietest and most docile. Mostly b/c he had become quite the pet. Well this past spring the little bugger started...
An insulated chicken coop with no windows might help......Or the rooster's owners could keep him in a dog crate in the garage until later in the morning.