3 Beautiful young roosters need a loving home - Aurora, Illinois

WindyCityCoop

Songster
6 Years
Mar 2, 2019
36
50
106
Hello,
We really really hate to but we have 3 young roosters to give away: Cookie is a medium-sized handsome Frizzle, Pumpkin is a small Serama, and Chuck is a beautiful small Cochin with lots of gold feathers around his neck, and black feathers on his feet. All 3 are very tame and good with children and adults. These are being offered as pets, NOT to be killed for meat.
We're looking for a good home for 3 beautiful young roosters. Chuck, Pumpkin and Cookie have been handled, hand fed, groomed and loved since they were hatchlings. None of them are aggressive towards us or any visitors, but they are all great at protecting their hens. All 3 roosters get along fine with each other and do not fight; We have a 1-acre yard and when the weather isn't too cold, we let all the chickens free-range in the fenced yard. They've lived in a large (6ft. x 12ft.), heated coop that my husband custom built, since they were old enough and got too big for the brooder box that we kept inside the house. Once we moved them from the house and into their new coop, the birds were always free to go outside into their run, or stay in their cozy coop, which has stayed at the thermostat-controlled 48-50 degrees all winter, even during the latest cold snap. On not so cold days, the whole flock will go outside for a while, even in the snow, roam the whole yard, then go back inside to get warm. They are not used to being confined all day; even inside their coop, they have lots of room to roam. Cookie is great at watching out for hawks and other predators; and once he gives the alarm, every one of the chickens run towards the coop and go inside. I apologize for the long post; I just wanted to give a detailed description of our guys and how they've been raised so far in the hopes of finding a loving home for them. We HATE to give any of them up, they're all part of our family. Ideally, we'd like for them to stay together, if possible, since they're so well accustomed to living with each other, but if they have to be separated that's fine too. If interested in taking 1,2 or all 3; please send an email to [email protected] and we can arrange to meet.
 

Attachments

  • 3.jpg
    3.jpg
    373.5 KB · Views: 40
  • 2.jpg
    2.jpg
    695.2 KB · Views: 20
  • 1.jpg
    1.jpg
    540.3 KB · Views: 20
  • IMG_20190224_170423364.jpg
    IMG_20190224_170423364.jpg
    259 KB · Views: 21
Last edited:
They are beautiful and if I had the set up, I would take them in a heartbeat!!
Hope you find a forever home for these guys!
 
I went to deliver Chuck, Cookie and Pumpkin the other morning to someone that wanted them, but I didn't leave them. Although this family had a very nice 10-acre property, the owners did not take good care of their own chickens, or other pets for that matter; In fact, I was very disappointed and sad from what I saw. Almost every chicken I saw there seemed to have frostbite and all had damaged combs. Their two dogs were kept only outside and not allowed in the house. We would really hate for our sweet roos to suffer through this cold weather, and lose their full and deep red combs or get frostbite on their feet.
Again, if anyone is interested in my birds, please be sure that you have the proper setup to keep chickens in this climate...To me, keeping chickens in an area where the temperatures drop below freezing for several days at a time, whether in an outdoor makeshift coop or a well-built one; without some sort of heat (even just a heat lamp or two) is just cruel. I'm sure there are people that will say to this "they're just chickens", those are the people that have no business having any, and they will not get mine for sure.
 
Last edited:
Why do you have to rehome them?
We don't have to, as we could keep them all; I'm not planning on raising any chicks so I don't need any roosters in my flock. They are just getting old enough now that they have started to try and mate with some of the hens. We know that roosters only try to compete and fight when there are hens around and we want to avoid all that drama.
So we recently converted an unused portion of a 12ftx20ft large shed, that is away from the hen house, into another heated coop just for them (bachelor pad). The hens and the roosters take turns to free-range, not at the same time. This has been working out well so far. So if I'm not convinced that they will go to a good home, either individually, or together, we will just keep them. Our children still play with the roosters while in the yard or while inside their "house" as they clean it, just like the hens, so they will stay tame with us humans. Yesterday was bath day for Cookie and he had to stay in our house (he stays on a home-made parrot perch and gets treats or on our laps) until he was dry enough to go back outside.
 
Last edited:

New posts New threads Active threads

Back
Top Bottom