rogue rooster trying to kill me.

[Fishkeeper]

Also, where do you get those hens? Do you buy them as pullets? Do you get them from eggs and wind up with more extra roos? Do you only get sex-links and autosexing hens?

 

[roosterhavoc]

Also, where do you get those hens? Do you buy them as pullets? Do you get them from eggs and wind up with more extra roos? Do you only get sex-links and autosexing hens?

I hatch my own eggs from my own birds. I don’t end up with extra “roos” because I don’t raise kangaroos. I raise gamefowl sometimes I do end up with extra birds, both stags and pullets. I have no problem culling/killing birds I don’t want to keep.
Looks like you’re trying to argue the fact that I’ll have unwanted “extra” birds. I’m not an animal rights activist and wasn’t complaining about killing a bird for being aggressive or even “humanely” killing a bird. I simply stated about 30 times many of the roosters kept with others in a pen that were causing problems were doing what came natural. You don’t have to agree. Lol

 

[centrarchid]

Some people like roosters. If you can have a flock of roos that don't scuffle amongst each other enough to stress them, then why not have a roo flock? They can make good pets, and at the very least are pretty.

And isn't 1 roo/1 hen a thing mostly done with game fowl? Most chickens are flock animals, not pair animals, and seem to be happiest in larger groups.

Chicken flocks are for the most part artificial and imposed by the person managing the chickens. Natural groupings are better described as flocks where sex ratio is closer to 1 to 1 and groups have more or less discrete territories. When grouping to large, some members tend to emigrate, especially late juveniles approaching adulthood.

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

I love roosters too. Have you ever tried giving the roosters a few of their own hens instead of keeping them with other males? They might appreciate it a little more.
I do realize this means more pens though and that’s not always an option.

Of course, I have that too!

But a few of boys really do well in a bachelor flock.

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

So did the OP just come here to drop drama and bolt? Starting to think so

Haha, same here

 

[Sea Wolf]

If 1 out of 10 roosters you hatch are good and the rest are mean maybe you should rethink the roosters you breed?

I am not breeding for roosters. I am breeding for hens. I let the rooster chicks grow to the point they start to crow and then get rid of them. All of them. I have my nice roosters that get along and I don't need more. Any rooster with an attitude gets fed to the foxes. I give away the rest. I don't know of anyone that breeds for roosters or for rooster attitude, do you? Birds are bred for conformation first and sometimes for egg color. If I have a mean hen that is a bully, I also remove her from any breeding.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I am not breeding for roosters. I am breeding for hens. I let the rooster chicks grow to the point they start to crow and then get rid of them. All of them. I have my nice roosters that get along and I don't need more. Any rooster with an attitude gets fed to the foxes. I give away the rest. I don't know of anyone that breeds for roosters or for rooster attitude, do you? Birds are bred for conformation first and sometimes for egg color. If I have a mean hen that is a bully, I also remove her from any breeding.

I don’t know anyone that feeds chickens to foxes. That sounds a little excessive.

 

[Sea Wolf]

I don’t know anyone that feeds chickens to foxes. That sounds a little excessive.

I have an active fox den on my property as well. They raise a litter every year in the same den and they do not bother my chickens. Any culled birds are delivered to the den and they are very happy to have them. You may toss dead birds in the trash but I prefer to have them go to a good use.

 

[roosterhavoc]

I have an active fox den on my property as well. They raise a litter every year in the same den and they do not bother my chickens. Any culled birds are delivered to the den and they are very happy to have them. You may toss dead birds in the trash but I prefer to have them go to a good use.

Aside from feeding wildlife not being wise I’m guessing you feed the dead roosters to the fox den during breeding season every year?
Who said anything about tossing birds in the trash? I use the meat and the feathers. Then I would go trap the foxes and skin them too. Sell the fur and then go buy some friendlier birds that I wouldn’t have to cull for being mean.

 

[aart]

Why say cull when you can say kill..its the same thing..but I suppose its nicer huh.

To cull means to 'remove from a group'....doesn't always mean killing.