My family raised chickens. They are not as nice as you would think.
Wow.  Are they mean?  Do you have capon?.  I heard its illegal in some parts of the world
Our rooster attacked my brother when we were kids. Guess what we had for diner that night. I had never heard that they were illegal. Wonder why?
lol.  What was his name?  Its illegal because a capon is a castrated rooster.  Its suppose to improve the quality of the meat.
It basically turns them into hens. The hens keep laying eggs for him to fertilized but he is shooting blanks. No different than fixing your cat or dog.
Oh, ok. lol  How many chickens did your family have? There were 19 billion of them in 2011.