Help me convince DH to keep a roo

[ShrekDawg]

He literally just started mounting yesterday. It was his father that damaged the feathers. I've listed my reasons to my husband and he just grunts and says "I dont like him"

Did he like any of the last roosters? Is it just this particular one? I had some that I didn’t like too and others that really stood out maybe you could hatch out some more and keep one of his sons instead?

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I agree, if his dad was an a**hole he might literally follow in his footsteps.

His brother "Tails" definately did. I screamed at his that he was "just like his father". Sonic too soon to tell imho.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

His brother "Tails" definately did. I screamed at his that he was "just like his father". Sonic too soon to tell imho.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Did he like any of the last roosters? Is it just this particular one? I had some that I didn’t like too and others that really stood out maybe you could hatch out some more and keep one of his sons instead?

We've only ever had the one: Quasi. I think hes baseing his opinion of Sonic on him.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

We've only ever had the one: Quasi. I think hes baseing his opinion of Sonic on him.

Makes sense.
Do they look alike? Time for sonic to get a makeover.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Makes sense.
Do they look alike? Time for sonic to get a makeover.

They do look similar but one of his wattles is shorter than the other. Maybe I should dye his feathers

 

[Tclloyd0812]

Last year was very rough on us. We decided to roll the dice and buy straight runs. Bought 12 expecting half would be roos...11 were roos. We had to pick only one and we chose poorly. He ended up being a huge jerk that pver bred our flock and attacked us on a daily basis. We decided to do a hatch and if there were any roos to replace him. On completion of the hatch we ended up with 3 hens and 2 roos. Now aggressive roo is gone and we are down to one roo but DH doesnt want to keep him. Im ADDICTED to hatching now and I want him but DH is worried about the girls regrowing their feathers since he has already started mounting. Help me convince him to keep this roo

Explain to the husband that the rooster is always going to mate the hens and not all roosters will be rough. I can tell you from having about 50 roosters over the past few years, roosters aren't usually as aggressive as people make it out and actually can be nicer than some hens. Out of all 50, I haven't had but a handful of mean roosters, and they were culled. The only ones with attitude are my 2 sebright roosters I have now, but they aren't mean and do not rip feathers, just like to act big and bad.

Now if he is related to the last roo, he may pick up his dad's traits, but that isn't always true.

If you want fertile eggs, you need a rooster.
How many hens do you have in total with the one rooster? If you don't have enough hens, add more to prevent the feather loss and over breeding. If this rooster is more docile, it shouldn't be an issue and your husband should just get over it.

Edited to say: I agree with you on the whole wanting to raise chickens to have meat if crap hit the fan, so I can see why you'd want to keep a rooster and not just have to go buy fertile eggs.

 

[aart]

Am guessing the DH may well be concerned with the hatching addiction

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

Explain to the husband that the rooster is always going to mate the hens and not all roosters will be rough. I can tell you from having about 50 roosters over the past few years, roosters aren't usually as aggressive as people make it out and actually can be nicer than some hens. Out of all 50, I haven't had but a handful of mean roosters, and they were culled. The only ones with attitude are my 2 sebright roosters I have now, but they aren't mean and do not rip feathers, just like to act big and bad.

Now if he is related to the last roo, he may pick up his dad's traits, but that isn't always true.

If you want fertile eggs, you need a rooster.
How many hens do you have in total with the one rooster? If you don't have enough hens, add more to prevent the feather loss and over breeding. If this rooster is more docile, it shouldn't be an issue and your husband should just get over it.

Edited to say: I agree with you on the whole wanting to raise chickens to have meat if crap hit the fan, so I can see why you'd want to keep a rooster and not just have to go buy fertile eggs.

We have 9 girls total. 3 are only 18 weeks, one is 3 years old and 5 are 1.5 years old. The 3 year old is a golden comet (no longer laying) and the rest are barred rocks

 

[LaFleche]

The DH might prefer some other breed for the rooster, so maybe ask him which breed he would like the next hatching eggs to be. Acquire the eggs, hatch them and let him choose one of the cockerels to stay.