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Oh, I have too many stories of my rooster being brave and attacking predators... here are two:
Big Foot is my Dark Brahma rooster. He is very aware of hawks and any other predators. One day a hawk landed and Big Foot sent all his hens under the coop and stood staring at the hawk and making noises. The hawk gave up after a few minutes - maybe discouraged by Big Foot's size. Here he is in the foreground, with one of his sons. Besides being a great protector, he is a very calm rooster, comes when I call him and catches treats in the air to distribute to his hens. He has never been aggressive towards any humans, my niece hugs him when she comes visit, and he patiently accepts it...
Hungry Jack is Big Foot's son, with a Buff Orpington. He is as big as his father and even more protective. I was planning to cull him, and keep another full blood rooster, but since he was 3 months old he started showing his protective side (it took his father more than a year to become a good protector).
When Hungry Jack was 8 months old, he was foraging with the flock at the edge of the forest, and I was like 100 feet away. Suddenly, he takes off into the forest, screaming and flapping his wings, making a big ruckus. well/// he had seen a fox hiding behind some bushes and attacked him!!! The fox was so startled by this huge flapping screaming thing running towards him, that ran away!!! Amazing! That day, Hungry Jack won his place in my flock. He got even better as he aged, he is now 15 months old. And he still thinks he is a little chick, he loves to be picked up and petted and sleep on my lap!!
here he is
Editing to add:
It is really cool to watch father and son working together - we have hawks nesting nearby, and whenever one shows too much interest in my flock, they two rooster send the warning call, all hens go into hiding, and the two stay in the open, tall and screaming their heads off, until the hawks flies away...
Big Foot is my Dark Brahma rooster. He is very aware of hawks and any other predators. One day a hawk landed and Big Foot sent all his hens under the coop and stood staring at the hawk and making noises. The hawk gave up after a few minutes - maybe discouraged by Big Foot's size. Here he is in the foreground, with one of his sons. Besides being a great protector, he is a very calm rooster, comes when I call him and catches treats in the air to distribute to his hens. He has never been aggressive towards any humans, my niece hugs him when she comes visit, and he patiently accepts it...
Hungry Jack is Big Foot's son, with a Buff Orpington. He is as big as his father and even more protective. I was planning to cull him, and keep another full blood rooster, but since he was 3 months old he started showing his protective side (it took his father more than a year to become a good protector).
When Hungry Jack was 8 months old, he was foraging with the flock at the edge of the forest, and I was like 100 feet away. Suddenly, he takes off into the forest, screaming and flapping his wings, making a big ruckus. well/// he had seen a fox hiding behind some bushes and attacked him!!! The fox was so startled by this huge flapping screaming thing running towards him, that ran away!!! Amazing! That day, Hungry Jack won his place in my flock. He got even better as he aged, he is now 15 months old. And he still thinks he is a little chick, he loves to be picked up and petted and sleep on my lap!!
here he is
Editing to add:
It is really cool to watch father and son working together - we have hawks nesting nearby, and whenever one shows too much interest in my flock, they two rooster send the warning call, all hens go into hiding, and the two stay in the open, tall and screaming their heads off, until the hawks flies away...
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