Has anyone ever felt guilty over culling roos?

[onthespot]

Only if I have been using it for a long time in the breeding pen, and it has been a good rooster, good breeder, just time to replace. Those, I try to rehome. If not, I will eat them, unless the are silkies. I just can't eat the silkies for some reason. Can't even kill them and let someone else eat them.

 

[chicken delighted]

oh yes i feel so bad. but if he's a roo with attitude then . i can only say fried chicken tonight!
if i kept all my roos i would go broke. a roo must have a kind and gentel mammer,good with other flock menbers and my grandchildern.
good keeper of the flock and remenber i am the boss.
yes i have a roo named peepers. he is a faverolle and he is all that above and more we have had him since a chick and everyone know peeps. he will never see a pot of boiling water.
it is hard to find people who will keep a roo,if you can you will be lucky.

 

[Murfturf]

So this thread is old but after being attacked yesterday and today by a 5 week old roo (smallest one of the bunch and he packed a mean bite!) I was upset, but not upset enough to be done with this cute roo living. Until it jumped on top of another 5 week old chick and it was trying to rip its comb off! At that point I went into mama bear mode for my baby flock and ended the stupid roo's life!

I could not justify passing this monster off onto some other poor person and letting its terrorist behaviour go on! So, it was swift and painless and now I feel crazy guilt! But at least my other sweet sweet babies are safe!

 

[Mrs. K]

Yes, until you realize how much more comfortable the flock is. If you want just pets, just have hens. But if you have a flock, with a rooster, if you love new chicks, well then you get to add but you have to subtract for flock management. I keep a flock, I solve for peace in the flock, I kept a flock, but the birds in it, come and go.