Too many roosters

[Flockincrazy]

Yes I have seven roosters to about 12 hens and really only want one rooster with the hens. I would not be able to bring myself to kill them, they are bantam mix so would not have much meat on them anyway. Thanks for your response

I had a roo coop but I just rehomed my last roo but when I did have them there was 25roos no fights if you have the room I highly recommend

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Thank you for your advise, all my flock free range in a large area but they were still picking on the smaller bantam roosters and have nearly killed two of them.
I have now found nice homes for three of them and hope to find homes for the other three in the coming weeks.

That's wonderful news! I'm so happy to read that. I wish you the very best with finding wonderful homes for the other three

 

[U_Stormcrow]

@RoostersAreAwesome has excellent advice on bachelor pads.

I would eat the extras, I understand that's not your desired outcome. I wish you every fortune in your efforts. I'm stepping off.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I have too many roosters (7) they are starting to fight and hassle the hens.
I have tried to find homes for them but the only people that wanted to take them would have used them in cock fighting ( a popular activity in my area)

I am now thinking of moving six of the roosters to a different part of my property, free ranging during the day and into a coop with an automatic door at night.
Would they stop fighting if they where by themselves without hens
And would they try to get back to the flock? it is about 100m meters away with two 8ft high walls in-between

Yes, they would stop excessive fighting. Though they would still fight to keep their place in the pecking order.
You could free range your rooster flock and hen flock on alternating days if you’re worried about them interacting. That’s what I used to do and it worked well.

 

[pinksapphire]

Thanks for all the advise, I decided against the idea of keeping them and have now found homes for half of them

 

[McChooky]

Thank you for your advise, all my flock free range in a large area but they were still picking on the smaller bantam roosters and have nearly killed two of them.
I have now found nice homes for three of them and hope to find homes for the other three in the coming weeks.

Facebook has chicken groups for roosters.The rules in each group is different so be careful which ones you join.Some will let you list it as free.Some only allow you to post a picture of the rooster with no mention of it being for sale or free..Any individuals searching for a rootster will send you messages privately.