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

[JacinLarkwell]

I keep as many as I do because I have multiple breeds (and backups are handy in case a certain neighbor's dog catches one ) and because I love the crow and looks. I don't keep mean ones though, cause nobody got time for that, and 2 of them really are great predator alarms. Wish a few others would be too, but I'll take what I can get

 

[CMarshall14]

Is it weird I like to have them as an alarm clock? I don't mind the noise! There's just something about sitting on the porch listening to the roo crow on a warm summer morning while drinking your coffee to kick start your day.

I also love how he communicates with the neighbors roosters back and forth almost a quarter mile down the road.

 

[3KillerBs]

Is it weird I like to have them as an alarm clock? I don't mind the noise! There's just something about sitting on the porch listening to the roo crow on a warm summer morning while drinking your coffee to kick start your day.

I also love how he communicates with the neighbors roosters back and forth almost a quarter mile down the road.

I love the sound of a rooster.

At least, I love the sound of the ones who have good voices. There are roosters with annoying voices and I don't love those.

 

[CMarshall14]

There are roosters with annoying voices and I don't love those.

The neighbor has a rooster that sounds like a preteen boy going through his voice change that is cringy to listen to.

 

[3KillerBs]

The neighbor has a rooster that sounds like a preteen boy going through his voice change that is cringy to listen to.

I loved my in-town, Light Brahma rooster's deep crow. "The Red Boys" did that weird voice change thing but he didn't crow until a week after they were in the freezer so I never heard his voice change.

Unfortunately, I want better production traits in my (hopefully), sustainable flock so I'm not going to get another Brahma rooster.

(Not ruling out someday having a self-sustaining Brahma bantam broody flock, but that's far distant if it might happen at all).

 

[Artichoke Lover]

The neighbor has a rooster that sounds like a preteen boy going through his voice change that is cringy to listen to.

One of mine sounds like he’s being strangled. Still scares the daylights out of me every now and then. Luckily he doesn’t crow much being on the bottom of the pecking order. I do like listening to the other rooster though.

 

[PurpleCArTires]

I keep 2 for breeding and one as a pet (he is useless otherwise lol). All the rest getadded to the Rooster Flock and eventually get a free ticket to Freezer Camp.

 

[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.

 

[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.

 

[WaveyCreekChickens]

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. View attachment 2530012

What breed is Paulie Walnuts?