OK SO, After much deliberation, a few videos, some questions to chicken pro's, a few shout outs for homes, and yes a few tears.....we decided the smartest thing to do was to kill/process the troublesome trio....
Of course I was not going to do it, so the hubs and my oldest son, Andrew, went down the road with the boys to his friend Gary's house who is also a chicken owner. I don't have details...I do know it was quick and humane and I do have some helpful you tube videos of the process that he used.
It has always been the plan to consume any of our animals that were a problem or any roosters that were "extra". They couldn't be rehomed since they were aggressive towards other birds and would cause problems in any flock. They could have easily killed Jazmine and Rapunzel and they could seriously injured any of the birds...they were out of control.
We still have 3 standard size roosters as well as at least 2 silkie roosters (possible 3rd)....so, its not that we don't like roosters.
We aren't veggitarians, we eat chicken...why buy it if its in my back yard & its a problem bird no one wants?
Since we've decided not to buy more than a couple of chicks we are going to hatch our own and the roosters that become a problem will go to the freezer as soon as large enough...we might be going to a pet bird/meat bird housing situation if we can...or a holding pen with a shelter or something to separate them....we'll have a chicken village i suppose : coop w/run, silkie coop w/run, maternity coop w/run, quarentine coop w/run and possible "meat coop"...we'll see....
Chicken processing links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vy_vutu5qO0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHqxnkaCgkk&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Another link that was posted in one of the chicken facebook groups i'm in that is really nice:
http://youtu.be/ICxR5KEHuu0
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