Newbie here

[TwoCrows]

Update: my husband has culled three of the roos (one being the more handsome one and the other being the only RIR we had). The first two were culled a few weeks ago and the last two alive were fine with each other, but then the RIR started pecking at Bread (the alpha) and from what I've read about subordinates becoming alphas, I couldn't have that happen because he (the RIR) wasn't leader or protector material. Honestly, since having Bob (RIR) culled this past weekend, the flock seems to be more at ease and I definitely feel like I made the right choice despite it being hard on my husband (he didn't want to kill two of them). My Austrolorp has integrated into the flock perfectly (she was fighting the off of the other girls when we still had more than one), and my other adult hen, I believe, is slowly adjusting since she isn't being bombarded (although she still doesn't really want to mate, but she is running around with the rest of the flock currently, which seems like progress to me). I know a few people said to go with quality and not looks, which is exactly what I said I would do in the first place. Bread has been the only one to protect the girls and come running when they make distress noises. He also gets food for them from places that only he can reach. Unlike the other boys we had, when he was given something like mulberries or cicadas, he would drop it so that the girls could eat it (the other boys would immediately eat it). My flock seems at peace and I'm happy.

Sometimes for the good of the flock, birds must be removed. I don't care for it either but its more important the flock is happy and safe.