I have a couple of questions to add to this post.
How many of you have had success in re-homing your mis-behaving roosters?
I think if we are even able to find someone willing to take our attacking roosters, we cannot be sure they are given to a good home such as happened to poor rebecca10782's...
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I am noticing and admire that most people love their roosters and try going as far as 'chicken psychology' home treatments before making the drastic decisions. kudos everyone.
I understand a peaceful backyard. I have never purchased a rooster but inevitably end up with them purchased as pullets or hatched at home. Every one of our banty roosters was a sweetheart. I've just purchased 12 'pullets' and know that there will be a rooster. Our odds are good that 3 to 7 will...
Try to remember that roosters are protectors of your little flock of egg layers. They are doing their job and you want to kill them for that.
When I was a little kid, we had 3 eggs in our first incubator. Only one hatched. It was an araucana rooster. He was like our little puppy, very spoiled...