Rooster grooming

[Ellie_NY_chick]

I saw the weirdest thing last night when I was "tucking my birds in". We separated the boys from the girls with a chicken wire wall in the coop, and we have two roosters that sleep together on a roost on the boys side.

Last night one was grooming the other. He was gently pulling the head feathers of his friend through his beak, and the other one just sat there with his eyes closed and his head tilted over, just enjoying the attention. I watched this for about ten minutes before they settled down next to each other and went to sleep.

Has anyone ever seen anything like this before? I dont see it at all with the hens.

Just curious...

 

[gritsar]

My hens groom the alpha roo. I've never seen either rooster groom the other; but they pretty much ignore each other anyhow.
I'm quickly learning anything is possible with chickens.

 

[swtangel321]

I have a few hens that will groom the roosters head, he does the same thing as yours puts his head down and shuts his eyes !!!! kind of cute !!!!!