Do Roosters Get Slaughtered?

Roosters, once they began crowing, would be quickly butchered as broilers, raised eight months to be roasters or caponized (castrated) and fattened for a full year before ending up, plump and succulent, on the table.

Why do we not eat male chickens?

Female chicks that are healthy and strong are relocated to laying facilities to produce eggs. They are moved onto live broiler farms if they are being bred as broiler chickens for consumption. Male chickens are only kept if needed for breeding. Roosters do not lay eggs and are not popular for general consumption.

Do they slaughter roosters?

We can eat male chickens, yes. Rooster meat is a little tougher and more stringy but is perfectly fine. It's most expensive for farms to raise roosters for meat though.