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Aww. Now i miss my boy even more 
He was always protective of the little ones, the hens, whatever came under his care. He was even nice to the young cockerals i brought home that first year thinking they were pullets. Shot me a few dirty looks, but it wasn't until they started crowing that i figured it out! He had been feeding them and everything. He would roost with the little babies i brought in on the other side of him, so the big girls couldn't get them and take extra care to feed them. Didn't matter that they weren't "his", he cherished them all.
That is what i am looking for in a roo, i like eye candy but what i really want is my boy back. Or something close, someone who is as devoted to the girls as he was.
Sorry, been extra sad lately. Part of it's the weather, i'm always blue in the fall but this time i am missing my lap babies. Making it hard for me to be with the others right now. How long should this go on? I know it takes time, but...........
I just haven't bonded as deeply with any of the others. They love me, and i them, but in the end if there's food they will go. My babies, they were mine no matter what, they just wanted to rest in my lap and be with me.
He was always protective of the little ones, the hens, whatever came under his care. He was even nice to the young cockerals i brought home that first year thinking they were pullets. Shot me a few dirty looks, but it wasn't until they started crowing that i figured it out! He had been feeding them and everything. He would roost with the little babies i brought in on the other side of him, so the big girls couldn't get them and take extra care to feed them. Didn't matter that they weren't "his", he cherished them all. That is what i am looking for in a roo, i like eye candy but what i really want is my boy back. Or something close, someone who is as devoted to the girls as he was.
Sorry, been extra sad lately. Part of it's the weather, i'm always blue in the fall but this time i am missing my lap babies.
Making it hard for me to be with the others right now. How long should this go on? I know it takes time, but........... I just haven't bonded as deeply with any of the others. They love me, and i them, but in the end if there's food they will go. My babies, they were mine no matter what, they just wanted to rest in my lap and be with me.
. I know how ya feel. I lost my awesome Phoenix this summer. And it was more or less my fault. His kids and grandkids are fine, but not like him. The Campines are the closest I've ever found, and they're not the same either. Give the teenager a chance. I swear when those Campines were like 3 months old I was so close to getting rid of them. If my dad hadn't had to go haul water they wouldn't be here right now. Now that they've grown a bit I'm so glad they're still here. My favorite thing about them is that they LOVE babies. Let him mature a bit. 
