Please help! My roosters are overmating my hen!!

[Wyorp Rock]

I'm gonna find 2 of my rooster's a new home. I am gonna go get chicken wire and rig up a temporary pen for them and another actual pen to "try" to lure the others into tomorrow until can either find them a home or find someone who can slaughter them. I know I can't do it. I can't even kill any animal. I don't have the heart. But, I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place. Like I said, she's my heart! It's her before ANY of them.

That's a good idea. Once you have the temporary pen up, throw some scraps, treats and feed in there (put water in there too), hopefully they will go in and you can shut them in. Are you going to keep any of the neighbors hens or get rid of all of his chickens? My thinking is if you are just getting rid of the roos, then you would have plenty of hens for your RIR to attend to and the flock dynamic should get much better.
I know you are stressed, but, take a deep breath you coming up with some good ideas

 

[drumstick diva]

If you keep your birds in a covered run and their own coop. You can call animal control and tell them your neighbor has abandoned his flock and cannot care for them. They can come and catch them and remove them for you.

 

[drumstick diva]

PS The neighbor could certainly get his animals over to his place to catch them (by nets or whatever). Just stop feeding them and let the neighbor put out corn or something to lure them over. He just wants to take the easy way out. You are too nice about it .

 

[Wyorp Rock]

If you keep your birds in a covered run and their own coop. You can call animal control and tell them your neighbor has abandoned his flock and cannot care for them. They can come and catch them and remove them for you.

I hadn't thought about that one. OP does not have a coop or run, but could use the temporary holding area to house her chickens then call animal control. But I think they just want rid of the roos, not the hens.

 

[GodofPecking]

All of them eat here, [...] I basically take care of them,

 

[Wyorp Rock]

It is the responsibility of the neighbor to take care of his end of the problem, but I believe they aren't too cooperative if I'm not mistaken by OP' s comments. So it seems as if she's in a pickle.

 

[Nala2010]

I don't mind the hens, its the roosters. And sadly, animal control don't come to calls in the county for any reason. They tell us to trap andcarry the animal to the Humane Society. And they charge $20 a head to take them, plus they don't take chickens. Lol... But I hadn't thought about knocking them out the tree. That might actually work. I tried climbing the tree, but they aren't actual trees like Oak or Maple. More like flimsy wild brush with limbs an inch thick, so they wouldn't hold my weight without breaking. They only perch maybe 5-6 foot over my head. Knocking them down shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

This would work, but she is looking to keep them corralled as well, so it may be easier for her to just get them into a fenced area where they can be fed and watered until she can find someone to take them.

 

[Wyorp Rock]

I don't mind the hens, its the roosters. And sadly, animal control don't come to calls in the county for any reason. They tell us to trap andcarry the animal to the Humane Society. And they charge $20 a head to take them, plus they don't take chickens. Lol... But I hadn't thought about knocking them out the tree. That might actually work. I tried climbing the tree, but they aren't actual trees like Oak or Maple. More like flimsy wild brush with limbs an inch thick, so they wouldn't hold my weight without breaking. They only perch maybe 5-6 foot over my head. Knocking them down shouldn't be a problem.

Like pinatas!

Do you have any idea if you can find someone to take them, I'd go ahead and put the word out, maybe someone that wants them can help catch them? Also, you might want to make sure your temporary holding pen is covered with some type of netting if they are flyers.

 

[GodofPecking]

But I hadn't thought about knocking them out the tree. That might actually work. I tried climbing the tree, but they aren't actual trees like Oak or Maple. More like flimsy wild brush with limbs an inch thick, so they wouldn't hold my weight without breaking. They only perch maybe 5-6 foot over my head. Knocking them down shouldn't be a problem.

WooHoo job done.You can catch them easily. You should try to keep them confined a bit after you do because it is sort of possible that they will prefer to roost in a different place after that, but now you have the ideas you need I think my job here is done