Do roosters take dust baths?

[alexa009]

I was wondering if roosters take dust baths. I have never owned one so i don't if they are different from hens. I would just like to know. Thanks

 

[KaylorFarms]

Yes! Roosters take dust bathes! But if the females are taking one he won't intrude, He will just watch them.

 

[Wildest]

My rooster loves to take dust baths! Although, he always waits patiently for the girls to finish their baths before he jumps in.

 

[centrarchid]

 

[alexa009]

Why would the roosters wait for the hens to be done?

 

[centrarchid]

My are not doing so as a rule as evident in pictures above.

 

[alexa009]

Wow! That is so funny.

 

[alexa009]

Do the roosters peck the hens away while taking dust baths?

 

[alexa009]

Our hens will peck the other ones when they are dust bathing.

 

[centrarchid]

My birds generally dust bath with friends / flock-mates / siblings. Pecking order largely suspended during dust bathing unless some one from outside social group comes in, then unpleasantness.