Adding a roo to your flock...WITH PICS

[CarriBrown]

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He's been fixin up his new and improved still!!!

Be a doll and post that in the "recipes" section!

 

[Southern28Chick]

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I have a 40'x50' chicken yard and he has one side of it, about 10'x50'. He's been right next to them for the past 9 weeks just separated by horse fence. The way he acts in his side compared to how he acted on their side is like night and day. He jumped right in and said "I am the king, step up to me and you WILL get smacked down!" On his side he usually talks to them all sweet and tries to feed them treats through the fence but when he's face to face with them he lets them know who's boss. The top girls were ticked!

I'm just scared because someone on here is talking about their roo killing some of their girls. That's scary.

 

[Southern28Chick]

CarriBrown wrote:

I love him!!! He is so cute. That comb is great!

My DH thinks his comb is weird looking but I like it. I thought he had avian pox for a while because if lil bitty scabs he had on it but since I started using DE to treat his mites his scabs have gone away. You can see a bad scab on the top of his comb in the picture but that's because he somehow hurt himself today.​

 

[Southern28Chick]

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He's been fixin up his new and improved still!!!

Be a doll and post that in the "recipes" section!

I don't know about that. Some people seem to have a problem with home distilling.

 

[DementedHam]

very cool looking roo and nice hens too. what are those white ones, leghorns?

 

[Southern28Chick]

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I get my chicks from Ideal. The white ones are a breed that Ideal "created" called Ideal 236. They are some sort of leghorn, that had them listed under leghorns.

Ideal 236
Pullet

Ideal 236 is a breed cross layer developed by Ideal Poultry in the 1960's and is the most productive, efficient layer sold by Ideal. They are known for their production of large, smooth-shelled, white eggs. This breed cross has excellent hybrid vigor, and the specific combination of breeds has produced a bird with excellent livability and the ability to lay for a long period of time without molting.

The mature weight of Ideal 236 hens is 4.5 lbs. which is heavier than most commercial layers.

 

[Southern28Chick]

I went outside this morning to let the girls out, the roo sleeps in a dog house and comes out whenever he feels like it in the morning.

Anyway, whenever me or one of the girls went close to his fence he did a little dance. He put one wing straight down his side and went STOMP STOMP STOMP SPIN.

What's he doin?

 

[Chellester]

That's his mating dance. He's trying to impress the girls (and you, it sounds like!!!).

Once he gets better aquainted with the girls, this dance will be followed by... well, you know.

 

[Southern28Chick]

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EWWWW gross Bok Bok. I thought he was looking at me strange last night when I was dusting him with DE!!!!

 

[Chellester]

His dancing for you isn't all that unusual; I've heard of other roosters dancing for their owners. As long as he doesn't do the... well, you know... it's just to assert his status as the alpha chicken.


<--------- This rooster here dances for his girl, the feeder, the waterer, or anything else that's approximately his size.