Roosters110
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- Mar 10, 2018
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Defiantly different definitions of nice.My rooster would probably kill any baby chicks I introduced.Other then that,he is friendly,defends hens girls,and is a great food and water finder.
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I had 5 roosters last year and all were jerks. No I didn't cuddle or coddle them, but they were jerks to the ladies, and to me. Craigslist fixed their hormones.I would say the opposite. Yes, there are mean roosters. But those are the ones you hear about. You simply don't hear about the nice ones. Many of us have nice roos. The avatar roo you see here is Jack. He was the patriarch of many birds in my flock. He was not human aggressive. Not aggressive to my dog, or to other birds in the flock. He was not even aggressive to cockerels who were left in the flock with him. He loved his ladies, found them nice nest spots, and would fluff up the nest bedding for them. He accompanied his ladies to and from the nest box when they were out to free range. He loved his babies, and tidbitted all the birds in his flock, including the teen age cockerels.
Jack's replacement is Goliath. He is a huge mahogany red Buck Eye. And he is showing every promise of being as good a roo as Jack was.
I don't make pets of my roos. They know their place. From the moment that I know a bird is a cockerel, I adopt a hands off and an arm's length away policy. IMO, this is the best way to raise a roo who is not human aggressive.
Thanks Ron, I am hoping this year does the trick. I have 2 on order and am expecting the 1 year older hens to give them a good education. I really hope that does the trick!I have had some very nice roosters
My Avatar is my roo Joey! A family of racoons had raided the barn & all that was left was a cracked egg. My husband opened it and Joey came out! He would greet me on the porch when I'd get home from work late night. He'd sleep on the back deck & look in on my hubby in the morning. We can pick him up & pet him. He's Brahma & maybe mixed with French copper maran. He is now retired as a pet as he's locked up in the hen house! Coyotes moved in the area. Got his eggs in the incubator & they're fertile! So he's going to be a papa roo! Brahmas are very docile, so that's where he gets his tempermant & was hand raised.