New to Roosters

[3KillerBs]

I am confident in the culling part, it's the processing part. I have only cut up chickens from the store.

Long ago in college I did dissections in Biology labs so I had a basic familiarity with what all that stuff in there was. You might look up some anatomy information -- the internals are pretty much the same for all tetrapods within a reasonable degree of variation.

I found that, given a good scald, plucking was MUCH easier than I had feared. A little fiddly here and there, but not especially difficult.

It amazes me how many people have never cut up a whole grocery bird.

Same. Over a decade ago I made this guide, back when the site had a different name and had forums, because I had discovered that quite a few people who were familiar with many advanced, gourmet cooking skills had always worked with precut chicken and never even once cut one up personally.

There were some memorable negative reactions from people who were happy to eat chicken IF it came to their kitchen in a form that they could pretend had never actually been a living animal and who found the cutting process shocking and distasteful.

 

[AZN]

Hi Backyard Chickens,

My wife and I have had chickens in the past but we are moving out of town to the county where we will have just over an acre. We would love to get a new mixed flock of hens as well as a rooster. I know this has been posted many times on this forum and there are many articles online. I just wanted to ask again, what roosters you all have owned. I am looking for something that would watch the flock, but I am more interested in a bird that would not be aggressive towards my wife or I. This may be a nurture vs nature question, but I wanted to ask it again! Thanks! We are excited to have our first "intentional" rooster!

I have 2 sweet guys in need of a home... they're both very friendly and I've handled them since day one

 

[CaliTexan]

Hi Backyard Chickens,

My wife and I have had chickens in the past but we are moving out of town to the county where we will have just over an acre. We would love to get a new mixed flock of hens as well as a rooster. I know this has been posted many times on this forum and there are many articles online. I just wanted to ask again, what roosters you all have owned. I am looking for something that would watch the flock, but I am more interested in a bird that would not be aggressive towards my wife or I. This may be a nurture vs nature question, but I wanted to ask it again! Thanks! We are excited to have our first "intentional" rooster!

We have a frizzle Silkie roo and he so far is an amazing roo. We actually bought a few Silkies before we knew what sex they would be. This one turned into a roo and he is perfect in every way! A great protector of the hens free ranging, he scares off the falcons, he flirts with his hens and only mounts if they squat, he protects the babies, he teaches the young roos how to act, he lets his hens eat before him, even treats,he hangs out with his ladies, and he loves us holding him including my 3yr old,

and usually purrs and falls asleep. And he's gorgeous! I'm excited to make little Frizzles with our mixed flock .

 

[AZN]

Thanks to you all. I am not looking at breeding and having my own chicks at the moment. The biggest hope is for a rooster that is just a bit more relaxed around humans. Thanks for your thoughts. I really appreciate it.

Where are you located? I have 2 sweet guys

 

[TropicalBabies]

We have a frizzle Silkie roo and he so far is an amazing roo. We actually bought a few Silkies before we knew what sex they would be. This one turned into a roo and he is perfect in every way! A great protector of the hens free ranging, he scares off the falcons, he flirts with his hens and only mounts if they squat, he protects the babies, he teaches the young roos how to act, he lets his hens eat before him, even treats,he hangs out with his ladies, and he loves us holding him including my 3yr old, View attachment 2998308and usually purrs and falls asleep. And he's gorgeous! I'm excited to make little Frizzles with our mixed flock .

Jackpot!