Rehoming roosters??

[cassie]

We have an almost one year old flock of 13 hens and 2 roosters(bought as straight runs). For quite some time everything was great however, the roosters have become aggressive towards our seven-year-old and five-year-old who are now terrified to go near the coop. Also, our hens are experiencing damage to their backs and wings. I have put aprons on them but thinking it may be best for all of us (mainly my children) to just re-home at least one if not both of the roosters.
My husband is concerned about the dynamic in the flock if we rehome both of them but I am concerned with keeping even one of them for the sake of my children’s safety. Not sure if you can “train“ a rooster to be less aggressive towards kids??
This is our first round of chickens so we are not quite sure how best to handle this situation so any advice is appreciated!

Your best bet is not to try to rehome them but to just butcher them yourself. It isn't hard. It isn't worth fooling with an aggressive rooster. It just isn't. I have said this before but keep in mind that one trip to the ER will buy a LOT of chicken feed. Processing chickens is a skill every chicken owner should have. After the first one or two it gets much easier.

Just go on the internet or the archives of BYC and pull up the instructions on how to process a chicken. Print it out and do what it says one step at a time. You will need a big container for the scald water. I don't remember what the temperature is but you can look it up. Put a squirt or two of dish detergent in the scald water. Scald just until you can flick off the skin of the leg with a fingernail. If you have a good scald the feathers come right off. Hope this helps.

 

[bobbi-j]

The hens will readjust and be fine, the kids will learn to enjoy them, and the roosters will taste great if you butcher them.