A Roo experience

[MsMuse]

I am sure others have had to have experienced this but I am new to the world of roos among my hens so here's my little experience last few days:

I sit with my chucks each morning when I let them out to range, we have a little chat and it gives me a minute to have a good look at all the girls so I know everyone is fat and happy and healthy. My little roo and the cochin like to hang out with me more and more and my Roo will even come on to the arm of the chair and have a crow over his flock. He is so docile I should have always had a Roo like him. I can even pet down his back to the ends of his tail feathers. His name is Bandit.

He gets down has a scratch in the dirt he coos and purrs its really strange and the girls come a running and he drops a worm or a bug to which ever hen gets there first. The hens walk away and have a sand bath or sun bathe and he will walk over to the straw under the pine tree scratch out a bug or worm coo and purr and a hen comes to him and he feeds her whatever he has found.

Since I have never kept a Roo with my hens before this is my first experience with the way this kind of Roo takes care of his girls.

When he walks across the yard to a new spot to scratch he will make a chuttering sound and the hens all get up and go to where he is, he will scratch out a worm, purr and feed it to one of the hens.

I am so proud of my little Bandit ( Old English Silver Duckwing) He loves and cares for his hens, and my first experience with a Roo so far has been Amazing and heart warming.

 

[DanasChicks]

Hi MsMuse,

Sounds like he is doing a great job courting those girls. Soon he will be doing a bit more than offering gifts and treats... soon he'll be dancing around the girls, pointing his wings down and prancing in a circle around one of the hens.. Right now, he's just letting each of them know how wonderful he is.. then he'll eventually get around to conquering those lovely hens after displaying his mating dance and start making some baby chicks for those ladies to raise..lol

He's sounds like a friendly roo. Enjoy!

 

[MsMuse]

It has actually been a great treat to watch him, I have always heard all the bad Roo stories of aggression and domination and he seems caring and concerned for his girls. The strangest thing is when I sit in the chair as soon as I open the fence he comes and greets me as if I am one of his girls as well. Again this morning he came up on the arm of the chair crowed and chuttered and let me to give him a pet from the top of his neck to the tips of his long tail feathers then off to begin his forage in the straw and dirt. I feel its almost a ritual now. So much fun, I truly hope he remains as docile and affectionate through the years.

 

[chfite]

My rooster is quite the dude. If I find him alone and drop some treats, he will call the hens. They will come a running.

He will call and call and wait while they start to eat. He generally doesn't eat any of the treat. After the hens have been at it for a couple of minutes, he will start to dance.

He can be a con man, at times. I have seen him start to scratch at the grass where I know there is nothing special. He will call, and the hens come a running. The scratching will start in earnest, and he will start to dance.

If there is plenty to eat, the hens will blow him off with his dancing. If there is nothing to eat, he generally will find one to mount.

He keeps watch, and takes care of his hens. I enjoy watching the dynamics of the flock with a rooster around.

He dominates the Chihuahua, but not the Aussie.

Chris

 

[aart]

Sounds good! How old is your flock?