For my layer hens I prefer large rooster like black jersey giant for protecting. I have luck with black jersey giants Roos. They battled with fox twice and won.
I use bantams for breeding and show.
I had a sebright bantam roo that protect a hens from fisher cat and he did survived.
I have a massive black jersey giant with differents breeds hens, from bantams to standard hens. I have Rhode Island Red bantam and standard, leghorn, Americana, barred rock, Dominique, serama, silkie, buff Orpington, golden comet, Wyandotte, jersey giant mix, australorp, and dwarf bantam.
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I have same problem. And I have a black jersey giant rooster and 2 australorp roosters, the black jersey giant are 5 month old and havent crow or mate. He did do a dance to young chickens.
The australorp are 5 month old and 6 month old..
havent crow, mate or do dance.
Have any idea to get the...
to update about this rooster.. He passed away one and half years ago. from fighting with the fox twice.
I have new 2 Giant roosters. they are 4 month old. and one fought fox few night ago. he won the battle. He saved my beautiful Australorp cockerel.
if any of them have REALLY BLACK legs, its jersey giant. if its yellow/blackish its australorp. I have a pictures of both them. I also own a JG and Austlorp roosters.
And Jersey giant is so much BIG than Australorp.JG are slow mature.
My 4 month old Black Jersey Giant rooster attacked a fox. He had a help by Americana rooster.
They saved the hen from attacked by fox. They kicked his/her *** pretty good.
I have 12 roosters with like 16 hens, Never had a problems with them but they are free ranging and the roosters will find their own breeds of hens and they will stick with them.
I have about 12 roosters live together. they are free ranging together. but they will spread out with their own hens.Sometime they will find eachother and fight a little.
I have 1 Black Sumatra bantam rooster, 1 Ameriucana bantam rooster, 2 Light bramha roosters, 1 Welsummer X sexlink rooster, 1...
Thats was interesting. Because i have two golden comets with 2 MASSIVE Light bramha roosters who mates them alot and im planning to hatch out some of their babies to see what the chicks look like..
After i hatch their babies, ill be breed them to Jersy giant after. going to be very interesting.
I have two nankin, they are a pair.. I live in Maine, wher there a long winter climate. I had to watch carefully to their combs to make sure there no frostbite.
And put them in coop with silkies, standards, and other chickens that are cold hardy to keep them warm.
I'd remmcomd yo a black jersey giant rooster, I had one two year ago, he fought a fox twice and won the battle. After second battle with fox, he was in painful for week then died. He was amazing protector but very very very mean rooster!
I also had a silver sebright rooster, he fights raccoon...
I had a black jersey giant rooster, he fight fox twice and won. He would spurring anything that he feel threat to his hens, even he would spur me, dogs, my parents, and predators. I sold him a year or two ago, he was too mean! But he was amazing protector cock.
I had this silver sebright...
I have a golden sebright rooster, he fight the hawk and stray cat away in same day.
And he did it to save the hens and chicks, he won the battle.
I still have him now, he's not top of peck. I have 4 bantams roosters, 3 are wimpy and one is brave.
Lol.. His name is Derek.
I have a lot of bantams chickens and only one standard hen. I have more than 9 bantams roosters free ranging together.
I would go for bantams because they eat less, very friendly, and they don't need the large pen like standards would need.
I have 7 sebrights, 24 silkies, 12 Dutch, 5 dominique...
I have a blue silkie rooster that are 6 month old now, he doesn't crow at all, his father quiet too..
I have 9 roosters and 25 or more hens, they are bantams I only have one standard hen..
Only 5 of my roosters do crowing and 4 don't.
From my experince, The rooster i had was meanest one but VERY protective rooster ever. He's a Black Jersey Giant.
He fought the fox before and won the battle with the fox. and of course he got injury.
I heard that Jersey Giants are best of protecting the flock from Raccoons and other smaller...