Good-bye roosters

We bought 40 laying hens back in April.  The Buff Orpingtons were straight run meaning you could get a mix of cockerels and pullets.  We ended up with five cockerels!  We bought ten Americanas who were supposedly sexed but two of them ended up being cockerels.  So we were down to 33 hens and 7 roosters. The kids got attached to "Oreo" an Americana who we thought was a pullet so we are keeping him.  We do not plan on breeding these particular hens so we had no need for the roosters.  We listed them on Craig's List and after two days we had someone interested.  During that time one of the Buff Orpington cockerels got out of the chicken run and we have not seen him since.  So with five roosters remaining Ben and Seth headed to a meeting place to carry out the transaction.  It ended up being a little bit of an ordeal when "Sunset" took off when Ben opened the van.  I can imagine it gave some of the customers at the gas station a little chuckle!

Sunset

One of the five Buff Orpingtons.