Removing the rooster from flock

[rosemarythyme]

You could possibly rehome the hen together with the roo, and replace her with some pullets from the new hatches.

 

[Macnchzz]

I understand rehoming the rooster if your primary reason for having chickens was for the eggs. But also, I think it's bizarre that anyone would refuse to eat eggs simply because they might or might not be fertilized. Not all the eggs will be fertilized with the rooster living there with the hens, and fertilized eggs taste the same as unfertilized - unless or until you left them in the nest box for a week in very hot weather and they started to develop - which seems highly unlikely. Only then might they taste or look any different (except the bulls-eye indicator on the yolk which many people don't know to look for). Am I missing something?

 

[Macnchzz]

I explained to them that the eggs taste no different. I guess it just creeps them out, the idea that it may be fertilized. That isn't the only reason I need to re-home him. He also is very protective and attacks me, which makes it difficult for me to tend to them and the coop.

 

[Macnchzz]

Im curious if he's a good rooster.
If he is id keep him in case you need to replace your flock quickly.
Temperment is fairly hereditary and decent roosters aren't as common as you'd think.
Not even to mention dom chicks are quite marketable

 

[Macnchzz]

He is good with them, not me! He tries to attack me when I go into the coop. Unfortunately I don't have a fenced area for them to free range, yet. They are currently in a "kennel" that is 5ft wide, 6 foot high and 25 feet log. He makes it difficult, to go in to clean and get the eggs from there nest box.

 

[Chickassan]

Oh ok! Yeah if he has that going on he's not one you need to keep.
He'd need a lot of work.

He is good with them, not me! He tries to attack me when I go into the coop. Unfortunately I don't have a fenced area for them to free range, yet. They are currently in a "kennel" that is 5ft wide, 6 foot high and 25 feet log. He makes it difficult, to go in to clean and get the eggs from there nest box.