PrimoTheRooster
In the Brooder
- Nov 23, 2020
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Hi there, I'm finally joining this community after consulting the threads several times to find info about our sweet bird. Primo the rooster, who we adopted under the assumption he was a rooster, was hand-raised and kept in the house til he was 4 weeks old, and we adopted him once the family thought he was a rooster and didn't want anymore because they already had one. They told us that he was half buff brahma, half silver laced orpington and that he was the only hatchling out of 12 eggs. Since they thought he was special, they hand-raised him, I guess.
Well, he just turned 25 weeks last week and he does not look like a rooster yet! But the funny thing to me is he doesn't look much like a hen yet either, so I'm still giving him the benefit of the doubt at this point. He is starting to crow and very much acts like a rooster at times. So we'll see how it goes, ha. Either way, we love him/her and love having a house chicken! He does go outside and we hope to build him a coop at some point, but he's our only chicken and we won't stick him out there by himself. Also, it's now the rainy cold season, so we might wait til close to spring to start housing him out there. But for now, we have adapted our old farmhouse to be inclusive of a house chicken! Even our dog approves, except when Primo tries to get her food.
I'm going to post a thread about his adventures and injuries and see if I can get some advice. Please don't judge! We are treating him as a member of our family, just like our rescue dog, and we are doing the best we can.
Here are a couple of old pictures to show you. I'll try to post some new one soon.
Well, he just turned 25 weeks last week and he does not look like a rooster yet! But the funny thing to me is he doesn't look much like a hen yet either, so I'm still giving him the benefit of the doubt at this point. He is starting to crow and very much acts like a rooster at times. So we'll see how it goes, ha. Either way, we love him/her and love having a house chicken! He does go outside and we hope to build him a coop at some point, but he's our only chicken and we won't stick him out there by himself. Also, it's now the rainy cold season, so we might wait til close to spring to start housing him out there. But for now, we have adapted our old farmhouse to be inclusive of a house chicken! Even our dog approves, except when Primo tries to get her food.
I'm going to post a thread about his adventures and injuries and see if I can get some advice. Please don't judge! We are treating him as a member of our family, just like our rescue dog, and we are doing the best we can.
Here are a couple of old pictures to show you. I'll try to post some new one soon.
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