Stewy the Roo must go

[Montana-Hens]

I agree that Craig's list him honestly, but set a deadline and be prepared to deal with him yourself.

We recently had our 1st bad boy that did not find a new home. We did lots of research here and watched lots of Youtube videos and ended up butchering and skinning him ourselves. I would rather have kept the skin and roasted him, but for just one skinning seemed easier way to go.

It was 30 minutes from beginning to him in the refrigerator. I don't think killing them will ever get easy, but it is part of the life cycle. I am glad I did it and will do it again.

Good Luck.

 

[EweSheep]

Cut throat and dump in garbage...that is what I had to do with my bantams.

Send him to your local zoo for gator bait.

Drop him off to a park where hawks and coyotes are abundant.

Auction barn

 

[fwschrom]

Not to rain on any parades but my local feed and farm have 2 ads on the chaulk board for free leghorn roosters, and they are not moving. You can try craigs list you might have more luck but leghorn roos aren't in very high demand here. This is in N. Idaho...FYI

As for eating every leghorn I ever saw processed looked like the proverbial rubber chicken. It would definately be a soup or stock option in the kitchen.

 

[sourland]

Lots of good ideas here, but please don't "just drop him off to a park." Dumping of unwanted animals is cruel and irresponsible. I would never trust an aggressive rooster around children. Their feet and spurs can do permanent damage to eyes and faces. Good luck in solving this situation.

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Quote:

This is just wrong.

 

[Long Last Farm]

I totally agree with sourland and HorsefeathersNZ about the cruelty and irresponsibilty of dropping off an unwanted animal in a park. I have several unwanted roosters myself, and I would rather kill them as humanely as possible, and process them if I cannot find homes for them.

When you initally accept responsibilty for any animal ( whether he/she becomes unwanted or not), you have an obligation to provide for the animal humanely. If you decide that you cannot or will not care for him/her, you are obligated to either find him/her another home, or, at the very least, kill him/her humanely.

Leaving an animal to face an uncertain fate in a public park is CRIMINAL!

 

[DanceswLabs]

Thank you for all the advice. I am glad I asked.

Because I want to handle this as responsibly as possible, I am going to first try to train him. Over the past week. I caught him several times and now he keeps his distance from me. I have to work on the kids though; they are the determining factor. I will let you all know how that goes.; ) I will say that catching him is very difficult for me. You all who are saying for me to just grab him when he comes at me must be in terrific shape!!!! Stewy is very agile and me chasing him is very funny according to my mom. I was chasing him through some small trees and ran through a spider web. I did the "spider web dance," and I swear Stewy laughed at me. My mom was laughing hysterically too. Let's see if she thinks it is funny if she has to beat Stewy off her legs the next time she comes over!

If training doesn't make him liveable, then I will see about re-homing him. I have a contact of someone who takes in unwanted aggressive roos to eat. I hope that the training works, because I like the way Stewy takes care of the girls. He just needs to learn that we aren't chicken hawks!

BTW, we named him Stewy as a warning as to what would happen if he isn't nice to us. I hope he figures that one out!

Thank you for all the advice!!!!
Jeany

 

[mmaddie's mom]

Does one of the neighboring small towns have a Sale Barn for livestock and poultry?

 

[PoultryPedia]

Sounds like you are doing valiant training work!

You might want to try keeping him in the coop a few days (even if you let the rest of the chickens out--though will the hens be safe outside without their protector on duty??) while you train him with the kids. You & the kids can go in the coop and if he charges, he'll be easier to catch in there.
Hope it goes well! Good for you giving it a try

 

[StormyMoon]

I have gotten free roosters a few times people contact me ask me if I want them. I take them in free to good home and with love and they free range as long as they want. I love them so far I have been lucky and not come into contact with a mean rooster. I just let them be free and do their thing and thats get rid of the bugs.