THANK YOU, for responding. No, I'd never get rid of my rooster. I attempted to incubate about 38 eggs, some were old, but, some were new, like right out of the nest. I did not candle them because I KNEW they there were chick's in there..after all, I have rooster.
This is a little about me:
I'm "Mommy" to Mama, Baby Girl, and Mama's baby boy StarLight,cuz he has a white place on his forehead, and when he's in the woods, you can see that beautiful little white spot on his head. They are the cows in the family.
Then, there are Jack and Maggie who are daddy and mommy to Taylor; We bottle fed Maggie, then she gave birth to Taylor on January 16, 2009. Next the yourg ewes,Jasmine, Crystal Star, and Andie; and Bucky, whom we also bottle fed. They are the Barbados of our growing family. Maggie is in a family way again.
We have only 1 guinea fowl left, then there is our beautiful bantam rooster who has fallen in love with one of the rhode island red hen's. We have a white rooster and 4 white hens,
3 golden pheasants (all female), and one gorgeous rhode island red rooster and his lady.
I do get eggs everyday from the RI hens and one every other day from the white hens. My understanding is they are for meat only, although, that will never happen. My plans are to get some productions reds are more RI's as I really like them. As for the pheasant's I've no idea if they will lay eggs without a man

around...we'll see.
Then, we have 2 gray bunnies, 6 weeks old; 1 Siamese cat, and an Australian shepherd who is excellent at keeping the coyotes away, although he was never trained to care for the sheep,he certainly tries; we pretty much keep him out of their pasture.
No children at home any more and grandkids who come to help with the animals.