rooster

Hello everyone! My rooster Brownie is 5 years old and today I observed that he was opening his beak a little bit to breathe (not always but from time to time though right now it has stopped) and was making light sounds while doing it. It sounded alarm bells in my head so I'm posting this. I put...

Hi I have barred rocks and I would like a rooster to protect my flock. However, my wife won’t eat or use fertilized eggs.. no conversation here or options “it is what it is”as my boss use to say! Is there any type of Rooster you can get that won’t or can’t fertilize a hens eggs? Thank you!

I have a rooster who is 20 months old. He is not aggressive with me. I'm able to come into coop and run and he doesn't attack me.i have seen him not be nice to some of my hens so much that some of my hens rather stay crated up. But I don't want to raise chickens all crated up; I want them to be...

I had 1 adult speckled Sussex rooster, 1 adult speckled Sussex hen, 1 adult sapphire gem hen, 1 adult buff orpington, 1 adult sapphire gem / speckled Sussex cross, 1 adult orpington / Sussex cross, and 6 nearly fully grown wyadottes bullets. They free ranged in my yard and get put up at night...

Call me naive, but I used to think all roosters would sound the same. And then I got chickens 🤭 I was surprised to hear different variations from each of 3 boys. It got me wondering how many variations are there? I'd love to know what your roos and cockerels say! Here's my 3 boys: Pedro, my...

Could this guy indeed be a frizzled prairie bluebell cross? I took him in yesterday for a standard frizzle project pen. The lady said he came from Tractor Supply in April and was an Easter egger. I know Easter Eggers are mixes but I always am curious what those mixes are when I get new birds...

His comb has a strange black thing on some of the tips, I’m not sure what it is. It is very cold outside, but he is a cold hardy breed, so I am not sure.

Today I made the decision to cull a rooster I got about a month before. I feel so bad because if I hadn’t gotten him he would still be at his old home managing hens. The woman I got him from did not want him back (way too many roos already). There were a few reasons I decided we couldn’t keep...

Hello! Last year, I wanted to expand my flock. We would've been going from 3 Dominiques (2 years old in March) to the Dominiques + 3 Easter Egger hens. My father very much wanted a rooster, so after some research we ended up adding 4 hens (one was a surprise) and a rooster. They came by post at...

We're in northeast OH. It has been single digits for the past three days or so. Flock Stats: Two Roosters: Have never seen them fight - Ralph Macchio - 2 years old, man of the house, Leghorn + Silky mix - HRooTwoToo (Pronounced ROO-TOO-TOO - His grandpa was called HRoo - the H is silent...

Hello, I’ve been growing out this paint silkie rooster for awhile. He’s about 6 months old, just wanted to share and gets some feedback on his type, I’m still learning about the sop and am trying to improve my stock. Can add more photos if needed P.s. Please ignore his eye, he got pecked so...

I have a rooster that’s been ill since the 3rd. Here’s the story… I noticed that he didn’t seem his typical insane self on the 3rd. That same day we had a rooster get his comb almost ripped off by what I believe was a barn cat from someone else’s property. I believe it grabbed him through the...

I have my first ever flock, we kept one rooster out of all the chicks I raised. He seems really sweet so far, does a dance for his hens, does a squat when I pet him, will let me pick him up and generally is a gentle boy when mating with the hens. He's fine around humans and our dogs currently...

I have 4 cockerels that range from 5-6 months of age (silkie, yokohama, cochin, and giant brahma) and not one of them has made more than a peep. I have kept them both with my hens and with only each other and they don't seem anywhere close to crowing. They are all very laid back and chill dudes...

Hi there, I hatched a few random eggs I bought last year. I’m interested to know what breed my rooster is? I didn’t expect to keep any roosters and gave the others away. He was a very slow developer but looking lovely and ever so masculine now! Thanks in advance!

#1 This is pterodactyl my 7 month old rooster

My little house Serama Rooster.

Hi all! I have an injured rooster with a fractured femur, and he is living inside for the winter in a large dog playpen. His recovery is actually going quite well and he is in good spirits, but I think he is (understandably) bored. Any ideas for how to keep him from going nuts while he...

I have 7 chickens (6 hens and 1 rooster), Richard the naked necked rooster has always been super docile and never given me any issues or tried to harm any of the hens. I just got a female pekin from a bad home and when I went to introduce them he just started attacking her with his beak and...