Can I keep 8 roosters?

[Isadora]

I’ve seen a lot of people say roosters are very difficult to get rid of them but when I posted mine I had multiple replies in less than 15 minutes soooo

My responses weren't as fast as yours but I too have had no trouble selling extra males. And these weren't even purebred.

 

[ShrekDawg]

My responses weren't as fast as yours but I too have had no trouble selling extra males. And these weren't even purebred.

Yeah I guess it just depends on your area or maybe time of year or whatever but I’ve never had trouble getting rid of mine.

 

[AmberRose23]

I agree. One flock could be roosters only, the other flock could be hens with no roosters, or maybe with one rooster.

A common guideline is 4 square feet of space per chicken in the coop (that is where they sleep at night, and where they hang out all day in bad weather), and 10 square feet of space per chicken in the run (that is where they spend most of the day when the weather is nice). Given that roosters are often bigger than hens, you may want to provide even more space than that. People in extreme climates (hot or cold) often end up with modifications of those guidelines: cold climates may need a much bigger coop (because the run is unavailable for so much of the year), while hot climates may have a roofed run and no real "coop" at all.


They still taste like chicken

Sometimes a person's feelings will change over time, so I suggest you re-check your views every few months as they grow up. If your views change, then you can decide whether to do anything different. And if your views stay the same, then of course you don't have to change anything.

You are right! My coop is pretty large and run is huge and I live on an acre that they free range on. I really only want to mayyyybe keep the egger roo because i love him dearly and the silkie because he doesn’t have a thought in his little cotton ball head and he’s adorable. The rest need to go. I wish I had the gumption to process them, but I just don’t know if I can. Maybe if it was the apocalypse or something but we were previously vegetarians, my DH was vegan and I don’t know if I could. It would be up to me to do it and I know I would feel a type of way. Maybe I need to watch some YouTube videos about it and get used to the idea of it. Thank you for replying!

 

[AmberRose23]

My responses weren't as fast as yours but I too have had no trouble selling extra males. And these weren't even purebred.

Really? Where did you post? I posted in the CA thread and in the Buy/sell/trade and it was crickets. I am like ‘please take them! I will include my famous lemon bars! They are good boys! Please!’

 

[ShrekDawg]

Really? Where did you post? I posted in the CA thread and in the Buy/sell/trade and it was crickets. I am like ‘please take them! I will include my famous lemon bars! They are good boys! Please!’

I posted mine on Craigslist and got tons of responses

 

[Isadora]

Really? Where did you post? I posted in the CA thread and in the Buy/sell/trade and it was crickets. I am like ‘please take them! I will include my famous lemon bars! They are good boys! Please!’

Yeah, not here on this site. On craigslist. You'll get way more local attention that way.

 

[SueT]

We have poultry swaps in our area. I have had no problem selling my extra cockerels.