Does your rooster have a favorite hen?

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Do your roosters have favorite hens?
My old black silkie rooster really liked my bantam brahma hen. I don't know if it was because he preferred her smooth feathers better or some other reason. All his other girls were silkies, so I guess the bantam brahma stood out. Almost every time I actually saw him breeding the hens it was the bantam brahma.
Now my new silkie rooster seems to already have a favorite hen even though he just started breeding hens a couple months ago. And you won't believe who it is... the bantam brahama's daughter. I guess my silkie boys have a type and it's smooth feathered girls 😂 The daughter is from my bantam brahma and the black silkie rooster I mentioned before.
Sometimes the favorite hens start to lose feathers on their backs and that's how you can tell they're the favorite. Especially if there are multiple roosters in the flock and not enough hens. Thankfully mine don't get naked backs.

As a bonus here are some pictures of them.

Black silkie roo and isabel bantam brahma
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White silkie roo and silkie/brahma mix
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When they were about 13 weeks old. We had 4 roos and two hens we re-homed one and we were left with 3 two of them started attacking my BJG (they left shortly after) my other rooster protected my legbar x silkie now they are almost a year old and they are inseparable. I have even seen her sleeping on top of him.
 
Do your roosters have favorite hens?
My old black silkie rooster really liked my bantam brahma hen. I don't know if it was because he preferred her smooth feathers better or some other reason. All his other girls were silkies, so I guess the bantam brahma stood out. Almost every time I actually saw him breeding the hens it was the bantam brahma.
Now my new silkie rooster seems to already have a favorite hen even though he just started breeding hens a couple months ago. And you won't believe who it is... the bantam brahama's daughter. I guess my silkie boys have a type and it's smooth feathered girls 😂 The daughter is from my bantam brahma and the black silkie rooster I mentioned before.
Sometimes the favorite hens start to lose feathers on their backs and that's how you can tell they're the favorite. Especially if there are multiple roosters in the flock and not enough hens. Thankfully mine don't get naked backs.

As a bonus here are some pictures of them.

Black silkie roo and isabel bantam brahma
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White silkie roo and silkie/brahma mix
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Smooth feathered girls, lol!!!
 

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