Is my rooster a lost hope?

[Shorty22366]

I have 4 roos. 2 silkies, 1 sebright and 1 favorella. I love them all because they are all gentle with hens and chicks. My silkies are very protective and loving to my chicks. They would sit on eggs when hens went out to eat while they were broody. My Sebright watches over his girls while they are laying. My favorella loves everyone. They all get along and love all my family. They all went through a butthole stage but we worked it out with a stick and their butts. Lol.. No abuse just a pop like with a kid just need to get their attention and let them know who is boss.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Ya know I turned down a bantam rooster. The sad thing is another offer (or dumped) will come along so I’ve learned to never say never.
My girls alarm for each other. I alarm for them lol.
There had been times that I just don’t see what they are alarming about them....way UP I mean I get dizzy looking. I’ll see a speck. I get my binoculars and low and behold it’s a hawk. Amazing!

 

[CannedMonster]

Yeah I've been thinking of that, i can order one early next spring if i get chicks. My poor hens have such bad looking backs, rooster doesn't overmate them and he's very polite but he's so heavy i worry he'll damage their joints. Thanks!
Oh, and i know it's unlikely and ultimately it doesn't matter, but is there any chance bantams have a slightly quieter crow? If they don't that's fine but my current soon to be gone roo has a very pleasant crow and i don't want to wake up my father any worse then my birds already do.

I know you probably want to raise one so that he knows you but maybe you could consider giving a home to a bantam roo someone is trying to find a home for?
It’s so hard for people to find anyone to take them.
I know you’re concerned about disease also but if you have a place to quarantine for 30 days away from your current birds...or perhaps you could go see how the rooster is being raised and if the sellers flock is healthy?
Or you could even post on your state thread here on BYC that you’re looking for a bantam roo and make it a condition that they let you go see how their birds are.

 

[TeenageRooster's Dad]

@Jemma Rider , I'm in Socal, wish I was closer. If all fails and there's a way to get him here, I'll take him in a heartbeat. I'll pay for shipping. We have 2 acres fenced up here and the feathered Motley Crew dominate said space "by poop or by beak!" lol they poop a lot. Especially Mrs White, a super large Light Brahma who poops pretty much every time she starts running and/or a loud noise and/or she hears my son drumming around.

 

[Jemma Rider]

I know you probably want to raise one so that he knows you but maybe you could consider giving a home to a bantam roo someone is trying to find a home for?
It’s so hard for people to find anyone to take them.
I know you’re concerned about disease also but if you have a place to quarantine for 30 days away from your current birds...or perhaps you could go see how the rooster is being raised and if the sellers flock is healthy?
Or you could even post on your state thread here on BYC that you’re looking for a bantam roo and make it a condition that they let you go see how their birds are.

I would love to (adopt don't shop), in fact that's how i came into possession of my adult flock but i don't have an area to quarantine him in. Though the responsibility for caring for the birds is all on me, myself and my flock live with my parents so they have the final say. I could potentially keep the rescue roo in a dog crate at night in our shed and let him free range in part of the yard where the flock isn't during the day but i don't think my dad would approve.
It is really sad, I'm always seeing things about adoption, i can't find any hens but the same three silkie roos have been on my favorite adoption website for two years now.
I am seriously considering it, i would like to raise one but giving a home to a poor little boy would be so much rewarding. I'll look around for sure, thank you for reminding me about the state threads on BYC i always overlook them.
I'll probably be giving roo to the man I've mentioned hopefully early next week, tomorrow and the weekend will be to hectic for me to say a proper goodbye to him and he deserves that (even though he won't care it'll make me feel better about sending him off if we got a proper goodbye). I can't stop crying over him nothing will be the same without him. Every morning i go out, open the doors, pick up rooster and do my chicken chores with him under my arm. He's never minded, and after he knows he gets a treat and a pet before i send him off, he waits for it when i go out and if i don't adhere to my routine he stares at me until i pick him up and give him a treat. I guess all this is just my fault for babying him so much, it's just that I've lost so many people and pets this year but rooster was here. And he was so small and frail when i got him, i wanted to treat him better then before.
i don't know how I'll fill my time in the mornings now, none of my hens will let me hold them, my little one's are nicer but i don't want to throw off their routine.

But yeah, so sorry for the tangent but i will certainly put some thought into adoption or taking someone's unwanted roo. I just think it's going to be hard to find the right fit. Thank you so much for the help, i know I've just been arguing myself in circles.

 

[Jemma Rider]

@Jemma Rider , I'm in Socal, wish I was closer. If all fails and there's a way to get him here, I'll take him in a heartbeat. I'll pay for shipping. We have 2 acres fenced up here and the feathered Motley Crew dominate said space "by poop or by beak!" lol they poop a lot. Especially Mrs White, a super large Light Brahma who poops pretty much every time she starts running and/or a loud noise and/or she hears my son drumming around.

That sounds great for him. I'm unsure how shipping would work, it's looking like the man will be able to take him, so he'll end up with his big brother again, i just hope he'll be happy, we're both attached to each other and it'll certainly be a change for him.

 

[Jemma Rider]

Okay good-ish news. We should be able to drop rooster off at his new home next Tuesday, and my little chicks and my adult hens are fine with being around each other so i think they may integrate fully pretty fast after rooster is gone. I'm gonna miss him, getting a new rooster on purpose is apparently out of the question (by command of my parents) so I'm just going to need to wait until i end up with one. I'm going to hatch silkies early next year so maybe I'll end up with a little silkie boy then i was going to adopt the silkie roos from a shelter nearby but my family won't allow it.

 

[aart]

Okay good-ish news. We should be able to drop rooster off at his new home next Tuesday, and my little chicks and my adult hens are fine with being around each other so i think they may integrate fully pretty fast after rooster is gone. I'm gonna miss him, getting a new rooster on purpose is apparently out of the question (by command of my parents) so I'm just going to need to wait until i end up with one. I'm going to hatch silkies early next year so maybe I'll end up with a little silkie boy then i was going to adopt the silkie roos from a shelter nearby but my family won't allow it.

You will not believe how much smarter your parents seem once you're in your twenties or thirties...and/or once you have your own kid(s).

 

[Jemma Rider]

You will not believe how much smarter your parents seem once you're in your twenties or thirties...and/or once you have your own kid(s).

Yes so true!

 

[Wyorp Rock]

Okay good-ish news. We should be able to drop rooster off at his new home next Tuesday, and my little chicks and my adult hens are fine with being around each other so i think they may integrate fully pretty fast after rooster is gone. I'm gonna miss him, getting a new rooster on purpose is apparently out of the question (by command of my parents) so I'm just going to need to wait until i end up with one. I'm going to hatch silkies early next year so maybe I'll end up with a little silkie boy then i was going to adopt the silkie roos from a shelter nearby but my family won't allow it.

It is good news for you and rooster Jemma. Now you know that he will be going to a home where he will be taken care of, have more space and hens. I know it's still going to be hard and you will miss him.

You have made a good decision and listened to your parents about getting another rooster at this time. Give yourself some time and let your ladies all settle down with each other.