Effect of giving away my roo

[Dario]

So I have 4 chickens total. 3 hens and 1 rooster. They've been together since birth and they are all ~4 months old.

Unfortunately, our efforts to try to silence our rooster since he started crowing have failed and we are now forced to give him away.

Other than myself, how will this effect the other hens emotionally? What should I expect?

 

[Poultrybonkers]

They won't even care

 

[andreanar]

They will be fine. They are young so he really hasn't had time to effect them in a way a roo does when hes full grown. My girls were ever so happy when our cockerel left us for the great stew pot in the sky. They became friendlier and less jittery.

 

[BantyChooks]

I highly doubt they will notice. I have never known chickens to grieve over lost flock members. Birds go in and out monthly here and nobody cares or acts mopey.

They are chickens, not people. As long as there's a friend or two still around they keep going with their chicken-y business.

 

[Dario]

Alright. I don't know if this matters: one chicken is always with him. Like whever he goes she goes. I don't know if this changes anything though.

 

[Mrs. K]

It will change things, but not nearly as much as you expect. Mostly it will be more positives. Roosters that grow up with pullets are often times a bit of a bully. They will more than likely not even notice he is gone. Take him out at night, very little commotion. More space for those left.

I have really never noticed a bird noticing much that birds were gone, I have a predator problem that routinely tests this. They are much more apt to notice a bird that is new.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

So I have 4 chickens total. 3 hens and 1 rooster. They've been together since birth and they are all ~4 months old.

Unfortunately, our efforts to try to silence our rooster since he started crowing have failed and we are now forced to give him away.

Other than myself, how will this effect the other hens emotionally? What should I expect?

Regardless of what some of you may think, chickens are remarkably free from emotions. Your hens could not be more unconcerned with rather or not you have a rooster. The biggest benefit that a rooster provides is to act like a food finder slash provider.

 

[Chickassan]

That's some truth right there.

Regardless of what some of you may think, chickens are remarkably free from emotions. Your hens could not be more unconcerned with rather or not you have a rooster. The biggest benefit that a rooster provides is to act like a food finder slash provider.

 

[azygous]

A few years back MyPetChicken sent me two consecutive orders with a cockerel in each instead of the pullets I ordered. So I needed to find homes for them when they turned ten weeks old.

None of the flock seemed to notice the two squirts were gone. Reports from their new homes were that they settled right in and appeared to adjust to their new flocks well.

Your human emotions are the real issue, not your chickens'.

 

[Dario]

A few years back MyPetChicken sent me two consecutive orders with a cockerel in each instead of the pullets I ordered. So I needed to find homes for them when they turned ten weeks old.

None of the flock seemed to notice the two squirts were gone. Reports from their new homes were that they settled right in and appeared to adjust to their new flocks well.

Your human emotions are the real issue, not your chickens'.

Yes it'll be very sad when I give him away . He's brought a lot of laughs in the few months he's been with us.