BackwoodsBohemian
In the Brooder
I am posting with a heavy heart and a great deal of guilt, but I have two roosters who simply refuse to get on with the other animals on our little rescue/retirement patch. I would really like to find them more suitable (separate) forever homes where they might better fit in.
The first one is Russel (Crowe) who is a 1-year-old Barnyard Cross with some EE genes who hatched here. He is very friendly with people and hens, leery of cats and dogs but not aggressive, and while he's not much for snuggling he will happily bring all the girls up to get treats and tolerate handling. He does, however, have a problem with some of my other roosters, (in particular, his father who happens to be my best and favorite roo, and blind in one eye) to such a degree that he will leave his hens and cross 2 acres of yard to find and attack the older roo if he hears him crowing. He's not great at keeping track of the whole flock yet or fighting off predators, but he is the perfect pet chicken (so long as Johann or Buster aren't around) and will follow you all over the yard. If you are looking to start up a flock of your own I can also include 2-3 of his "howdy hens" who are also year-old EEs and very friendly; your choice of broody or non-broody ladies.
My long-shot roo is Buster (the speckled one.) He is a bantam Russian Spangled Orloff who thinks he is considerably bigger and badder than he really is. I have spent over a year trying to socialize him via exposure, training, treats, and the man who mows the yard recently made use of the "bucket" method. His first home claimed he was a docile little lap roo who was bullied by the big hens he was first paired with... if this was the case he's certainly moved past it, as he now chases off cats, dogs, squirrels, children, lawnmowers, cars, wild birds, snakes, roosters, and even stray hens from my other pens. He absolutely can NOT go to a home with small children but is very well suited to free-ranging in areas where predators might be a concern. Now that we have a baby he is entirely too much risk to continue to have here no matter how many rats and snakes he has killed.
They are currently located in Ethel, Missouri (North Central) but we could meet part-way to get them to the right homes.
The first one is Russel (Crowe) who is a 1-year-old Barnyard Cross with some EE genes who hatched here. He is very friendly with people and hens, leery of cats and dogs but not aggressive, and while he's not much for snuggling he will happily bring all the girls up to get treats and tolerate handling. He does, however, have a problem with some of my other roosters, (in particular, his father who happens to be my best and favorite roo, and blind in one eye) to such a degree that he will leave his hens and cross 2 acres of yard to find and attack the older roo if he hears him crowing. He's not great at keeping track of the whole flock yet or fighting off predators, but he is the perfect pet chicken (so long as Johann or Buster aren't around) and will follow you all over the yard. If you are looking to start up a flock of your own I can also include 2-3 of his "howdy hens" who are also year-old EEs and very friendly; your choice of broody or non-broody ladies.
My long-shot roo is Buster (the speckled one.) He is a bantam Russian Spangled Orloff who thinks he is considerably bigger and badder than he really is. I have spent over a year trying to socialize him via exposure, training, treats, and the man who mows the yard recently made use of the "bucket" method. His first home claimed he was a docile little lap roo who was bullied by the big hens he was first paired with... if this was the case he's certainly moved past it, as he now chases off cats, dogs, squirrels, children, lawnmowers, cars, wild birds, snakes, roosters, and even stray hens from my other pens. He absolutely can NOT go to a home with small children but is very well suited to free-ranging in areas where predators might be a concern. Now that we have a baby he is entirely too much risk to continue to have here no matter how many rats and snakes he has killed.
They are currently located in Ethel, Missouri (North Central) but we could meet part-way to get them to the right homes.
