I have a question for those of you with too many roosters.
I have at 10 weeks a couple Birchen Marans, a Splash Blue Copper Marans (my son's 'favorite guy')and a Black Copper Marans (from Greenfire Farms) with probably a couple more BCMs that I'm thinking won't make the cut once I decide on my main guy . Reasons range from too much color, a couple have feathered middle toes and some are just not what I wanted - I may try to sell one of the Birchen roos with the only Birchen Female (clean shanks) they sent as a filler (all the Birchens they sent were to replace some of the blue coppers I had originally ordered but they could not fill as they have closed out their Bev Davis line of Marans). I also have a number of 7 week old Paul Smith Black and Blue Ameraucanas and what's looking like 1 Lavender Ameraucana roo (also from Paul) that I will need to eventually cull - What does everyone out there do with their extra birds, especially if rehoming does not work out. I did "cull" one rooster last year that attacked my young son but he was too old to make a good dinner (I don't cook that well). If I found someone to process them (and who does that in Southern New Hampshire) when is that best done and if not what other options are there out there? My husband is not a hunter but my parents kept chickens when i was little so I'm okay with any and all solutions.
I have been to the swaps but the roos seem to be harder to place - is free the best way to go? What about craigslist? Any advice would be welcome.
Thanks y'all!