My girls are happier with a rooster, they've lived with one all their lives. This summer my roo Frank died and they were lost without him until I got a new roo. My two current roos are Aaron the Cuckoo Maran and Hayden the Light Brahma. I also have a tiny trio of bantams, the little roo, Macbeth, defends his girls, Molly and Candy, against anything he considers a threat.