I think he's getting straightened as we speak. Maybe I will keep the rooster. Who knows. My last flock was rooster free. I never had the experience. What can they protect against? I think coyotes would get them. We have red tail. Likely golden eagles too. Luckily we're too country for raccoons. No forest cover for them. Just flat acres of alfalfa. But coyotes must be out there. Of course there's our dog. We're going to train him off them with hotwire. He remembers that "bite" real well!