Do I NEED a roo?

[eatwhatyougrow]

You don't really have chickens until you have at least three or four roos.....

 

[eatwhatyougrow]

Best roo we ever had was "Friendly Blu" not sure why kids named him that because he was a buff orp. but that roo would let my three year old pick him up and carry him around....he was more like his dog than a roo. That roo would follow him every where, and would come peck at the patio doors to get him to come out to play...best roo we ever had, kids still talk about him all these years later...

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Very true

Smart useful roosters respect the hands that feed them!
Mary

 

[TheTwoRoos]

No the males are black with a white spot on head as chicks as for the hens they are all black as chicks.As adults the sexlinks males will begin to take on the barred pattern more and may have a few orangish feathers with a gold glow

I believe the BSL pullets are black and the roosters are white.

is my cockerel

 

[RodNTN]

If you want to hatch the eggs that your girls lay, of course you need a rooster.
They do come in handy when you live in an area that has a lot of predators, I have 4 roosters, and every time a hen wanders away from the flock; one of the roosters will lead them back into the yard.

I have always heard people say that "Roosters eat but don't lay", well some hens don't lay either, depending on the time of year and their age. But I guess that it's just a personal preference

 

[leighks]

No the males are black with a white spot on head as chicks as for the hens they are all black as chicks.As adults the sexlinks males will begin to take on the barred pattern more and may have a few orangish feathers with a gold glow

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That’s why I wasn’t sure if mine was a BSL roo because I got him when he was about 3 days old and his head was completely black, no white spot at all (see my earlier posts in this thread for pic).

Yours is a BSL roo? Very handsome!

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Yes hatched him myself

 

[Peeps61]

No the males are black with a white spot on head as chicks as for the hens they are all black as chicks.As adults the sexlinks males will begin to take on the barred pattern more and may have a few orangish feathers with a gold glow

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OK - well, this one appears to have quite a bit of the barred rock pattern in his feathers - I still think he's a BSL rooster. He's very pretty!

 

[Chickassan]

@Bluerosesd, yesterday found out another extremely good point for having a rooster. I was deep cleaning the coop and unearthed some mice, I squealed and my rooster came speeding up the ramp looked at me like i was crazy, ate two mice then called the ladies for the other four. That's a rooster that's got a forever home!

 

[Thorn Fulford]

I had a hoot owl break into a Coop yesterday, the rooster fought and lost his life...all my hens are still alive. I strongly urge you to have a rooster, I have driven 50 miles for a couple