ever seen heard of or have a roo go broody before, or seem like it did

[Bock_Bock]

i was just wonderign this is there possibly a only breed where roos take care of eggs i was just wondering

 

[ivan3]

Roos will pick a location out that they consider a `prime' nesting site and coo and fret and pull in straw or wood chips like a hen, but only if they have a hen's attention, `hey, this is a good place for some eggs!' Broody? someone else might have seen something like that.

 

[Bock_Bock]

ok thanks i was just curious

 

[Delta2 23]

I don't THINK so...
It's usually the hens.

 

[kryptoniteqhs]

hopefully Msbear will chime in. She just recently told me about how roos can be the Rooster or they can be the daddy and that roosters are only fertile 8 mos out of the year. When they turn into daddy their sperm dries up. Again, I hope she chimes in to make it more clear lol....thats just what i remember.

 

[snowydiamonds]

I agree w/Ivan3, my Brewster (BO) was in w/the EE flock last night and had a BLRW hen's attention so he kept going into a nesting box and talking about it, while acting like he was sitting on eggs He's a sweety and she was sweet on him...

 

[Bock_Bock]

sounds so cute now if only my hen would start laying but i think her time is up its been a couple months so im thinking its shake and bake chicken time

 

[norm65]

Several years ago I had a white old english rooster go broody. He actually sat on the eggs and hatched them and raised them like a hen would. I also had a black ringneck pheasant do the same thing. Norman

 

[tabatha_westcott]

I have 1 hen and 1 roo, about a year old. I also have 19 3 week old chicks I ordered from Ideal. My hen will peck at them and chase them away, but our roo will let them follow him around all day. He comes running when I bring them out. However he has been known to attack our dog and our 2 cats.... Go figure...

 

[kwynn's birds Alaska]

My bantam roo, Colonel Sanders (RIP) was caught sitting on an egg. I've seen him making a good nest area, but the next morning, he was sitting all funny, and there was an egg under him. I wanted to see if he would hatch it, but it was late fall, and I thought that I'd wait until this spring.

I guess i can't do that now...it would have been interesting to see how long he sat on it.