Culling Aggressive Rooster

[McChooky]

I'm sorry he didn't work out

 

[McChooky]

Yikes that would be horrifying if you weren’t expecting it!

After its head came off its headless body flip flopped all the way to the creek before it stopped(our yard was sloped so it looked like it was trying to run) I was just a kid (After witnessing this as a child I would never try it myself)

 

[DuchessVonRabblerousen]

I'm sorry he didn't work out

Me too actually. I didn't wan't a roo at all but I he started to grow on me and I really liked the idea of a guardian for my girls. I sincerely thank you all for your feedback. We culled him last night. It went very quickly and very smoothly. We grabbed him out of the henhouse and held him upside down until he relaxed. Then used the broomstick method. Since I'm not processing him we buried him in the garden a few feet deep beneath where one of the raised planter boxes will go. The thinking was this way he can reintegrate with the natural world and provide his girls with food.

I'm not really a religious person but I do have a tremendous amount of respect for his place and his role in the natural order of things. So we agreed this would be a good way to honor his loss.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I'm glad this worked out for you.

 

[Mrs. K]

You are going to enjoy your flock so much more. A problem bird can just ruin the whole chicken experience. And cockerels especially.

 

[McChooky]

You are going to enjoy your flock so much more. A problem bird can just ruin the whole chicken experience. And cockerels especially.

I had a hen-less flock before raising 2 brothers and fortunately I managed to get one good rooster out of the two .I don't envy anyone who raises cockerels in their flock or keeps more than one rooster.
One is all I can handle!

 

[McChooky]

Me too actually. I didn't wan't a roo at all but I he started to grow on me and I really liked the idea of a guardian for my girls. I sincerely thank you all for your feedback. We culled him last night. It went very quickly and very smoothly. We grabbed him out of the henhouse and held him upside down until he relaxed. Then used the broomstick method. Since I'm not processing him we buried him in the garden a few feet deep beneath where one of the raised planter boxes will go. The thinking was this way he can reintegrate with the natural world and provide his girls with food.

I'm not really a religious person but I do have a tremendous amount of respect for his place and his role in the natural order of things. So we agreed this would be a good way to honor his loss.

Thank you very much! You did right by giving him a peaceful death. Hopefully your hens will raise you a good rooster should you ever need one! (buy fertile eggs)Good luck!

 

[Araucana2]

I have to do it as well tomorrow, not easy but for us and our hens it's necessary to dehead him, I will do it on the chopping block with a sharp axe. The family members are already looking forward to eating roast chicken next week ;-)

 

[DuchessVonRabblerousen]

So yesterday was the first day without him in the flock. I was out in the yard all day working on projects and the girls were so peaceful. Scratching and running around. None of the usual anxious chatter or bickering. They seemed to enjoy just meandering around and coming in for treats. Today they surprised me. For not being very social with people they were a lot more social than usual, coming to perch with me in the chair as I sipped my coffee and accepting scratches for longer than usual

Its crazy how peaceful it is. My alpha hen has relaxed a lot in her bullying since he isn't around to gang up with her and bully the other girls. I'm sure that in time that might change. And I was thinking about adding a couple of similarly aged hens to the mix but they just seem so happy that I may just leave it.

 

[Slothinc]

So yesterday was the first day without him in the flock. I was out in the yard all day working on projects and the girls were so peaceful. Scratching and running around. None of the usual anxious chatter or bickering. They seemed to enjoy just meandering around and coming in for treats. Today they surprised me. For not being very social with people they were a lot more social than usual, coming to perch with me in the chair as I sipped my coffee and accepting scratches for longer than usual

Its crazy how peaceful it is. My alpha hen has relaxed a lot in her bullying since he isn't around to gang up with her and bully the other girls. I'm sure that in time that might change. And I was thinking about adding a couple of similarly aged hens to the mix but they just seem so happy that I may just leave it.

Thanks for the update, so happy to hear!!!