Goodbye Boys

 

My poor hens have been dealing with way too much attention from our two young roosters that were hatched out by Mrs. Cotton, our Japanese Silkie, 6 months ago. She also hatched out one little black hen, too. I felt bad for my girls, seeing how those two young bucks would ravage a hen, what seemed like every 15-20 minutes. The poor girls couldn’t even sleep or eat without looking over their shoulder. And sometimes the two of them would tag-team on a hen too.

In comparison, Sid Vicious and Mr. Cotton are almost 2 years old now and have matured enough to not have the same strong urges they had when they were younger. If they get a little hen-love a couple times a day, they are more than content.

In addition, these two young roosters were adding to the noise levels exponentially through their beginning efforts at cock-a-doodle- doo’ing.  

So, these two amorous young studs had to go. And I had to find them new homes.

 

I posted ads for free roosters on Freecycle and Craigs List and the next day a lady and her daughter came to pick up one rooster to watch over their flock because their previous rooster had died.

One gone, one to go.

But just 2 days later, a lady and her husband stopped by to pick up the last rooster. Their flock was without a rooster and they enjoy different breeds of chickens, so they were looking forward to having a flashy rooster to add to their flock.

So, now we are back to having just two roosters again and coop life is much calmer and things are back to normal…………….

    

and my girls can relax now.