Dealing with a 1 year old rooster

[McChooky]

Without me or my dogs my chickens would last a week.I buy the food and wait on them hand and foot and my dog chases predators off.Roosters can't protect hens from predators but they can take the fall for them. I have yet to see a rooster with the strength or agility of a predator like a fox or coyote .They don't have teeth or claws to defend themselves or the hens.Aggressive roosters are a legal liability just like biting dogs.

 

[D1N0]

Live bait?????? For what????? You hate culling but you tolerate live baiting? What? I’m so confused

I don't tolerate as live baiting but if it made me mad that much, and we have a coyote, ratcoons, and mystery animals

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Culling or dispatching an animal should be done dispassionately and calmly, in cold blood, because it is the right thing to do, not out of hatred, anger or rage. In my opinion anyway.

ETA, once the rooster is dead is the time to throw its carcase out to the wild animals.