Saying goodbye to my baby boys :-(

[kurby22]

Just wanted to share with people that will understand. This week I rehomed 6 cockerels, 2 of which we’ve had for 4 months and I very much loved. Probably more than the three hens I still have. We still have our very favorite boy, but couldn’t keep all of them as I live in a neighborhood and just can’t have lots of crowing and boy fights—not enough space for them. I managed to find them all great homes but today’s was just so hard. I miss my good boys!

 

[Folly's place]

It's great that you could find homes for them! We all go through this; too many cockerels, can't keep them all.
Mary

 

[kurby22]

It's great that you could find homes for them! We all go through this; too many cockerels, can't keep them all.
Mary

Yeah, I’m hoping we can keep my favorite boy…as long as the neighbors don’t get testy. They’re such good chickens

 

[Ruby Rogue]

The little girl in tears is heartbreaking. I wish we could keep all the boys too, little girl.

 

[kurby22]

The little girl in tears is heartbreaking. I wish we could keep all the boys too, little girl.

I know, she loves them so much! And really struggles letting go of things she loves (I might know where she gets it!). Breaks my heart my plan is to own acreage when we retire where I can take all the boys for others that can’t keep them too. Pay it forward, for all the sweet boys that just wanna crow without judgment!

 

[Mellowmalt]

Sorry to hear. They do start to get feisty unfortunately. Also my boy lee who has been such a lovely boy has started to become just a decibel louder and has started waking me at 5:30 am and if he can wake me he possibly could be a nuisance. Argh things were going great for a few months lol. I'm really not too sure how lovely the boys are tbh. The girls really are lovely. The boys... well I have 4 of them remaining but I do wonder if it is worth the headache. My plan was to use them for breeding and then get rid of them but they need to be about a year old for breeding which is a lot of crowing.
What I don't understand is how girls I got from elsewhere are so much more noisy than girls I have raised myself. The girls I raised myself are a tight knit group.
The others keep making egg songs all day, bully each other and go broody all the time. It's quite a stark difference really. I know they were raised with older hens so they just picked up a bunch of bad habits from that place.

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Awe.