I’m gonna throw something out there for y’all that might be hurting and have skills to butcher. There are a lot of FREE roosters on social media accounts like market place or Craigslist.
They ain’t gonna make good fryers cause they are too tough but you boil that meat off and use it other ways.
It’s a lesson we all learn I think. The folks I’m helping with their farm got hogs last fall and decided they’d just have them butchered in all bacon.
I had to explain where bacon came from and how it works. They’ve come a long ways but my neck is sore from shaking my head 😂
Just a suggestion, but it might make sense to make friends at the local animal shelters too. After Easter, all those “cute” colored chicks get dropped off when they get bigger. A friend of mine picks them up every year free of charge. Most shelters aren’t really set up to handle chickens.