Hi everyone!
I found this forum doing a google search for "how to rehome roosters" which actually seemed a very popular search topic.
Im Rosa, in Sydney NSW, and I need help FAST!
several months ago, I bought 7 little baby chinese silkie chickens. As i have been applying for properties with land since about august, I had foolishly assumed I would be approved by now, and that roosters wouldnt be a problem.
Countless house rejections later, in December, our little fluffballs learnt to crow.
of the 7 chicks, 5 have turned out to be roosters, and Im still living in a flat under my parents house in the middle of suburbia
we have had about 3 noise complaints sent in by our neighbor since then, however as theyre crowing during the day, and not at an unreasonable decibel, the council hasnt taken any action. Unfortunately my neighbor has now decided to take matters into her own hands.
Our little silkie flock lives with 2 ducks and 3 bantams in a coop i built in the yard.
3 days ago, I received a very angry call from my neighbor telling me how rude I was because the roosters were crowing, and she couldnt sleep (this was 8am, she works nightshift so sleeps during the day)
then yesterday i woke up to find little Andre the duck had been strangled/wrung in his pen. i examinied his whole body, there were no bite marks, no feathers ripped out, no blood, just a twisted broken neck. the 2 ducks were best friends, and got along excellently with the chickens. my only theory is that the neighbor did it, as the ducks are easier to catch than the silkies........ now Speckles (the remaining duck) is depressed and terrified of humans, and wont come anywhere near us.
Anyway, the point of this story is that i desparately need help finding homes for my little roosters before my neighbor strikes again

We have a local RSPCA here which said they would take them for a $10 adoption fee per rooster, which i would gladly pay, except that they told us the roosters are at high risk of being put down because nobody really adopts roosters.
we also have a local animal auction sale yard thing, which always has roosters going through it, but unfortunately they have a 95% chance of ending up in the soup pot there.
ive found a home for ONE rooster with a friend who has chickens and wanted a rooster, but it still leaves me with 4 unfortunates who are getting me into big trouble
Does anyone here know any way of finding roosters homes? or would anyone like to adopt any? they are handled every day and are friendly and half blind because their pompoms cover their eyes, theyd be great pets if you dont have neighbors that work night shift.
I realy really really want to find them nice homes because otherwise my parents will make me take them to the auction and theyll be eaten
if there was some sort of rooster sanctuary i would drive them as far as needed :O
thankyou for reading and i hope someone can help me