[skinkestek]

> Unless you have a gigantic yard or want wild roosters everywhere, you’ll end up killing a lot of them.

Exactly what I tried to say above.

It is a choice: you can keep them and as long as you feed them mostly with grass and kitchen scraps you still reduce environmental impact by not consuming eggs from grain-fed chicken - even when you feed some roosters.

Choose a quiet breed though or be prepared to make some significant peace offerings towards your neighbors if you want to keep every rooster around until they die from old age ;-)

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