Keep the rooster or get rid of him???

[rlpatterson]

I have raised chickens for many years. I always had ten to thirty hens. 2 rooster if I had more than 15 hens. You do not need a rooster if you do not plan on hatching chicks from your eggs. I always hatched several dozen eggs a year as replacement hen. Eating the males. I got a new rooster every year to prevent inbreeding. With two guys in the pen they were too busying fussing at each other to hassle the girls. If I got a rooster that was a butt he went in the pot and I got an other one after I was done with hatching. Roosters are not expensive and I was always able to get one from a friend some time even trading the one with an attitude for a new guy. The boss hen would give him trouble for a few days and everything settled down. Good luck.

 

[Free Feather]

I have raised chickens for many years. I always had ten to thirty hens. 2 rooster if I had more than 15 hens. You do not need a rooster if you do not plan on hatching chicks from your eggs. I always hatched several dozen eggs a year as replacement hen. Eating the males. I got a new rooster every year to prevent inbreeding. With two guys in the pen they were too busying fussing at each other to hassle the girls. If I got a rooster that was a butt he went in the pot and I got an other one after I was done with hatching. Roosters are not expensive and I was always able to get one from a friend some time even trading the one with an attitude for a new guy. The boss hen would give him trouble for a few days and everything settled down. Good luck.

She says she likes him. Just because roosters are common does not mean they are all the same and nearly useless. Hens are just as common.

 

[Struttn1]

I have 2 roosters. One is a ISO Brown that has started to get a bit a rowdy with me the other is a black sex link pullet that turned into a beautiful mellow rooster. I have considered getting rid of the rowdy one but he saved the life of one my hens a couple of weeks ago. I heard a commotion and looked outside and saw a hawk had grabbed one of my hens. The rowdy rooster was all over that hawk and prevented it from killing the hen long enough for me to get out to them and chase the hawk off of the hen. For now he gets to stay.

 

[Banana1247]

I have also had problems with roosters in the past. We got five pullets and when they were old enough we put them outside. 2 weeks after that our dog got loose and killed4/5. We then got 7 1 day old chicks we were nervous that the older one would be aggressive but she mothered them, but it turns there were 3 roosters out of the 7. The littlest one was sweet and was the first one to make noise in the morning, but 2 weeks after that so did the other 2. Then out of the blue the 2 bigger roosters killed the little one and then a little while after that they started fighting and a few hens got hurt and the rest were scared and stressed. We got rid of the roosters and the next year we got 4 new pullets. After the rooster episode the hens didn't seem to like anyone anymore. then when the babies were old enough we introduced them. The hens started to attack them, it was the exact same thing the roosters had done to each other and now the hens are agressive.

If i were you get rid of the rooster.

 

[pdirt]

I have 2 roosters. One is a ISO Brown that has started to get a bit a rowdy with me the other is a black sex link pullet that turned into a beautiful mellow rooster. I have considered getting rid of the rowdy one but he saved the life of one my hens a couple of weeks ago. I heard a commotion and looked outside and saw a hawk had grabbed one of my hens. The rowdy rooster was all over that hawk and prevented it from killing the hen long enough for me to get out to them and chase the hawk off of the hen. For now he gets to stay.

I thought sex links were a guaranteed thing? Or am I mistaken?

 

[donrae]

I thought sex links were a guaranteed thing? Or am I mistaken?

They're a guaranteed thing if you know what you're looking for. They still hatch out half male/half female, so you've got to be educated to tell them apart.