Official BYC Poll: What Do You Use Your Rooster/s For?

[Aunt Angus]

Other: To remind me to never buy straight run ever again.

 

[aart]

I keep one male for making replacement layers, the rest go into the freezer.

 

[Sue Gremlin]

Paulie Walnuts was an accident, he was supposed to be a pullet. He can stay because he's sweet and doesn't try to kill us. Clever boy.

 

[Manhen]

I have them to irritate my wife.

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I have way more Roos than I ever thought I'd have, 11 of them, & I am attached to them all. They have names, come running if I call them & will die of old age Lol, they're my feathered family. I love how sweet 10 of them are always, the 1 can be sweet as long as he's on my lap being fussed over.
I love how they look out for their girls, calling them over for treats, often not even eating a single mealworm for themselves, that just melts my heart.
I love how they they let me scoop them up and hug them, or sit on my lap for pets.
I love how they call out warnings at the mere sight of a distant fox or hawk.
I love their awesome feathering, colors & proud strutting...yeah they all know how handsome they are.
I love how they pose for photos!
I love their personalities.
I love their crows, they each have a unique sound, most of mine have beautiful, deep mellow crows. Only 1 is a loudmouth...yes, the ornery one, my very 1st Roo, Rocky the Barred Rock, he & I have a funny relationship, if I'm not paying attention, he will try to spur my lower leg, I can catch & scoop him up before he does, but most times I just talk him out of it. He's too old to part with now.
I love all of my handsome boys!

 

[Amateur-chicken-mama]

I keep my roosters because I couldn’t find a home for them and didn’t want to eat them.

 

[WaveyCreekChickens]

My rooster is a great helper to me when I want to move the hens somewhere to get them out of the way of the goats. I put a feeder or scratch in the summer coop, carry Gonzalo there and let him call them. When there is snow on the ground and the chickens would rather stay in the barn, the hens listen to him better than to me.

 

[RiverOtter]

I just like roosters.

 

[centrarchid]

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I can run any chicken down. They can out turn me when fresh and accellerate faster,........... in the begining of chase, but I have endurance on my side and I can handle the heat better.

 

[Bird_Lover_17]

I keep roosters for breeding, although I also like how they are loud enough to scare off predators.

Plus, they are super pretty and it's a good winter project to tame them.