Bantam Rooster problems

[Chickenmamalizzy]

I have a similar situation and have found a good home for one if the 3 roosters that resulted last spring from my young pet silkie rooster named "Baby". He was a king, with 3 broods of chicks from my polish & 2 silkie hens, dwarfed but loved by my Buff orph and 2 Easter eggers; happy flock- no problems. But then, against my will, fir forced to downsize; i rehomed all of my standard hens and 3 of the 4 polish silkie cross pullets...keeping their brother, as he was not invited to join them, with 2 roosters already at their new home. That left me with 4 silkie chicks which were a 3 to 2 split in fabor of pullets. Baby was not happy about the downsizing and kinda picked on the remaining 5 chicks; wheb before, he had been a helpful and attentive daddy. As time passed the twin silkie brothers started to challenge eachother, no doubt for the lack of potential fir mating with only their mother, auntie and 3 half sisters to choose from. Meanwhile, my polish cross roo "Little" was no longer that which he was named for as the runt to his 3 sisters; the polish genes dominated and he exploded to a standard size rooster after 6 months. Littke is a fantastically special guy with the sweetest disposition, except towards his father, Baby. No matter hiw i intervene, given the opportunity, Little would happily pluck him alive. Little also bullies hus half brother but just to the point if fear, never physically. Baby is only 9 months older then his boys, and he has the best insincts of all the boys, as far as his role in protecting the hens and not being too pushy about the whole mating thing- which is the only thing on the brain when the 2 younger roos are around the hens. Now i understand about instincts but i am in a situation where i am fortunate enought to have allot of daily interaction with my chickens. I also understand that chickens are actually very trainable. My hope is that, as time mellows them out, and as long as they all look to ME as the head of the flock, perhaps i can train out the instict in little & his brother to overthrow the ruler...it seems so cliche, like a Shakespeare play but poor Baby is just a shell of the confident, happy rooster he was just last year, before these chicks grew up. I guarantee he'd have been abstinent if he'd known he was creating his own demise. I love all 3 of my roosters and I am still hoping for Junior's sake, that I can find him a forever home with a flock of ladies to love and adore him, but it is hard to know who to trust not to turn who has been raised as a pet, into a meal or dog chew toy...so its taking time. Hopefully just having 2 roosters will somehow strike a balance with the 6 hens i have now...as it is, I am over the legal limit in my area and if not for some wordsmithing with the city ordinance officer,I would be paying huge fines, which makes saving money to move out to the country, even more difficult to expedite. I guess im just sharing my situation 1. To commiserate with others who have found their flock to have grown into a "disfunctional family" & also to encourage creativity abd welcome suggestions as "culling" is not something i do to my pets. Ever. When they die, naturally, or at fate's demand, they are cremated, just like any otger pet. Trust me. I know I'm an odd duck here...