I agree, and with the coming food shortages that they said was coming at least we can invite the cockerel's to dinner if we need to. I'm not selling any of the girl's that I have right now. I do have 2 cockerel's that are grow-out's. For the time being, I'll only be selling the hatching egg's if someone want's to hatch thier own. I might do a hatch from my flock of these in the spring depending on the situation on the food supply.I realize not everybody has the same goals or circumstances but I can have cockerals where I am.
I can sell females for more sooner to those who can't have roosters. I let my roosters do work tilling, composting and fertilizing until I pick the best for breeding and the rest can go in my or neighbor's freezer. It's an advantage to me to be able to reassure my customers that they are not getting a roo even if they buy a day old chick.
NOTE: I currently have 9 roosters, I have pens for about 7 as breeders. My cockerals/roosters have a very good life either as breeders or tillers and a single bad day. More than I can say for most cockerals who don't live past day one at a hatchery.