Help - One of our hens is a rooster

[Mariposagal]

One of the hens we purchased is crowing, lol! We are not allowed to have roosters where we live. Anyone have any suggestions? We've raised him since he was a day old and have had him for almost 3 months so he is more of a pet now. I'm stressed out to say the least. I feel like taking him back to the Rural King where we bought him (well, he was supposed to be a "her" at the time, lol).

Any chance there is a wayward home for roosters? We live in Southern Illinois. The only thing I can think of is to post him on Craigslist and hope to relocate him.

Thank you in advance for your help.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Craigslist sometimes works, sometimes, the phone doesn't ring. Give it a try.

 

[4-H chicken mom]

Hi and from Ohio. So glad you joined. Good luck.

 

[1muttsfan]

Hi and welcome to BYC from northern Michigan
Good luck with your roo

 

[weimarmama]

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from Alabama. Glad you joined us. Good luck - hope you can find him a home

 

[NHRobin]

Word of mouth works well to. Tell lots of people. I was able to find a home for my too, plus two others volunteered too. All found by chatting up customers at starbucks (I'm now the crazy chicken barista, but it worked!)

 

[sumi]

Hello and welcome to BYC

Good luck with rehoming your roo...

 

[Mariposagal]

We were able to re-locate our roo. We have learned a lot about chickens in the past 6 months and are loving every minute of it. Aside from having to re-locate a roo and losing one to a hawk, we are having a blast with our chicks. They are now almost 6 months old and are all laying eggs. They started laying about 6 weeks ago and I still get excited every day when I check for eggs, lol. I'm looking forward to finding a new home in the country so we can expand our homesteading adventure. Next, we'll be raising bees and goats. Thanks to everyone for their suggestions.

 

[jbirds2012]

good for you,we live in the contry and love it