Do you have any lovable roosters?

[Ra_]

Peanut has just started crowing. He will be 5 months old tomorrow.
I put these 2 young chicks with him a few days ago and he adopted them very quickly.

Smoky usually stays completely buried but Springtime is always peeking out.

 

[tamelroy]

That is so cute! I never had a roo do that! Well maybe my silkie will he is a sweet heart, I never tried it! lol

 

[4 Love of Baby Chickens]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!! That is SO sweet!!

My RIR roo Rusty doesn't mind letting his babies crawl all over him at all. Maybe because the last time he pecked one of the babies momma chased him around the coop for at least 5 minutes!!!

 

[Barry Natchitoches]

Peanut is a darling...



But, in answer to your original question, yes, there is such a thing as a loveable rooster and we actually have one. Our lone rooster, DaddyRoo, is very loveable.


He's an Easter Egger, and will be one year old later this month.


We got him from a feed store with five pullets at one day old, so we've raised him from early chickhood.


He follows us all around in the chicken yard, eats scratch out of our hands, and if he's in a mood to be held, he'll DEMAND that we hold him -- and even fly up into our arms if we are not paying proper attention to his request!


We've never had any trouble with him, and frankly, he's a great addition to our chicken family!


Oh, yeah -- he's fathered five chicks for us, thus far.


Our only problem with DaddyRoo -- despite repeated requests, he has not paid a single penny towards child support for his baby chicks...

 

[meghan713]

Oliver is my baby, he is one year old and he likes to be held. He is going through a teenage phase right now where he tries to be aggressive to impress the ladies, but he sucks at it.

He lets me hold him and stroke his waddles. It makes him fall asleep. He is such a sweetheart, he thinks he is a lapdog. It does cause him to be picked on by other roosters though.... He is a Golden comet.

 

[Illia]

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That is SOOO cute!!!

I didn't even think a roo would do that.

 

[jojo54]

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what a couple of cuties!

 

[Kung Foo Chicken]

My old leghorn rooster would feed chicks and huddle with the mother hen so
the chicks would climb under him and her.

He was my first incubator test and at 6 weeks old I put him in a cage with
new hatchings because there wasn't another brooder to put them in.
They would huddle to him and he would protect them.

My splash OEGB roo mouse watches over chicks too.


Very cute!

 

[suburbanminifarm]

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OH MY GOODNESS!!!!! THE CUTENESS!!!!!!!!!! Great pics!!!! Who knew a roo would even DO this???!!!???! What posessed you to try it????!??!

 

[Happy Chooks]

That is so freaking adorable!