Getting rid of a rooster

[jenn22712]

If one backs down he is not the dominate one. Dominance is not determined by size but by spirit.

From what you've described I think you have made the right decision.

I always assumed my jersey was the dominant one as he's vocal, mates the girls, etc. However my quiet laid back brahma does intervene sometimes and will run up to the jersey and face off with him and it's always the jersey that walks away first.

 

[jenn22712]

From your description I'd keep the Brahma. However, if you're not planning to hatch, why keep either one????

We like having a roo around and it adds a little extra security for them as they do free range during the day.

 

[brucifer]

His pullets will miss him for a few days, but they will get over him being gone very soon.

 

[Stephine]

Aaahhh - I feel your pain!
I had a Welsumer and a Buff Brahma cockerel- the Welsumer on purpose, the Brahma was supposed to be a pullet.
The Welsumer was dominant, crowing, mating - he always let the pullets eat the treats... But: he would attack me!
The Brahma roo was respectful of me, but behaved more like a pullet. Later, when he matured he started crowing and mating, but the Welsumer wouldn't let him do much of either - the pullets weren't keen on him either.
I gave away the Welsumer, (at about 8 months) hoping the Brahma would step up, win the hearts of the pullets and stay respectful of me. The flock was much calmer - I hadn't even realized how bad the tension between the 2 roos had been!
Well, my Brahma did not turn aggressive, but half the hens never warmed to him and he overmated almost all of them to the point where all but 3 had bare backs.
He never danced or tidbitted, either (and he had a crow like an old car horn, - our Welsumer had sounded much more melodic!)
A few months later, when I got tired of looking at naked backed chickens I gave away my Brahma.
I am now raising a new cockerel (he's 13 weeks now and just started crowing) - hoping I might have better luck this time...
All that to say: It is really hard to predict developing temperament and flock dynamics. Issues you aren't even thinking of now might become deal brakers. Likely with a small flock things are calmernwith just one roo. Your Brahma sounds great. I hope he'll work out!

 

[jenn22712]

Update: we rehomed our jersey boy yesterday and our girls are so much more content now and not running off anymore.

 

[spiritbrook]

With my flock, I love my big half-Serama guy. He's the one who follows the girls around and sweet talks them with promises of nice finds on the ground (whether there is one or not) He announces overhead birds and comes running whenever someone cries out. Even though I am not planning to keep him for breeding, I keep him because the girls like him, the chicks like him (and he adores them) and I know if there is a predator he will be first in line between the it and his flock. He's expendable in other words, but don't tell him that. He is a pretty guy as well. He isn't even the most dominant rooster, just the one who actually seems to have a sense of responsibility around the hens.

 

[silkie10]

I hatched out four chicks.long story short one of them died. I was left with three witch I thought were hens turns out three weeks later they were roosters. I didn't want to give them away but I have way to little hens for four roosters. one day when we came home from someplace we found they had all died from heat stress.​