Rooster of the week!

[Chicken Heel]

I need to get photos of Poncho and Lefty, my 16 week old OEG BBR bantams. They are gorgeous young lads and already love the ladies.

 

[wolfinator]

I've had as many as 11 one year, standard and bantam split between 4 pens. Now I have 1 large pen with 6 roosters, 44 hens, 3 drakes, 1 duck hen (lost another last week) and 10 female Runner ducklings sharing 2 coops. (kennels, main coop and pen, garden)

Buff, Skunk, Brahm and Red Boy. They had been watching me feed the dogs in kennel next to them.

My boy Cuckoo (2 yrs) hiding on a shelf. Buff constantly picks on him for no reason.

My drake used to pick on him last year, injured his comb.

Brahm, my baby. He's just over 14 months.

Buff, 3 yrs
(He was helping hens last winter, 5 eggs under him)

Skunk, 3 yrs (seemed appropriate with his white tail feathers) He and Buff were given to me with several hens.

Baby Boy (was supposed to be my last rooster. Hand raised as a hatchling)

Red Boy, 3 yrs, is one of my Mother's Day gifts in 2017 from my youngest son. Had 2 RIR roosters but gave other to neighbor. He rules the pen and 2 coops. He's my oldest rooster by 1 week.

Hen hollered til he got in nest with her, he softly talked to her as she laid a very huge egg.

Most get along reasonably. Buff does bully Cuckoo at times, especially at roost time. I have 2 coops, Brahm and Baby Boy roost in smaller one. Red Boy, Cuckoo, Buff and Skunk all roost in the main coop. My hens decide which coop they roost in, makes taking head count fun as I have 50 chickens.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Wow lol, that's a lot of roosters.

I can probably enter in at around 5, I need time to review them, and also help my family out today. I may have time earlier.

 

[Granitestater]

this is my buff cochin mark, a little over a year old, finally a rooster
(also depicted in my avatar)

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so sweet! Does he visit the front door often?

 

[fatbeamie]

This is such a great idea! I always have questions about my rooster and can never find anything! This is Mister Lee, I was told he is an Americana, he is a very nice Roo, about 2 years olds, protective of the girls, but a little rough on them (I only have 2 hens). Thankfully he is not aggressive towards me.

 

[manta8ray]

Our little Silkie who turned out to be a rooster, Georgie. The sweetest punkin who refuses to defend himself against a murderous older hen, who is now incarcerated indefinitely for her crimes. The collar reduces the volume of his crowing a bit, but not much else. It’s currently lost in the garage somewhere but I really need to find it again...

 

[Chickin Out]

Beauty, my 5 year old rescue boy, not sure why it is upside down.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

Wow, you guys, that was really hard. I narrowed it dpwn to my top ten , then to my top 5, then to my number one,



And the winner is: Dapper Dan, by @theoldchick ! congrats to the roo of the week, and everyone who entered, I have never seen so many beautiful roosters in the same spot. You can always enter all of them again, Dapper Dan may not be entered again, but you can always post more great pics of him.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

@Chickin Out and @manta8ray , yours are now entered in for next Saturday, as are all others entered in today.

 

[Chickenhappy8708]

https://www.adoptapet.com/pet/29005155-rochester-hills-michigan-bird
This is a silkie Bantam rooster available in Rochester Hills MI! he is in a cage, and looks like a total sweet heart.