Hi This morning when I went to feed the hens. A huge roo was there! Why? How?! I dont wanna touch it, Ive had bad encounters with them! Why is it there?
He had to have come from somewhere. Do you have neighbors with chickens? If not, maybe someone dropped him off. I would think he is there because you have hens and he is a rooster. He wants his own girls. I'm not sure what to tell you other than if you have someone else around who can catch him for you and separate him from your girls. (I know they have already been exposed to anything he may have but, it doesn't hurt in case it hasn't been passed.) Then maybe place some calls around and see if you can find out where he is suppose to be. Good luck!
I had a roo show up one day. He moved in with us. He was really sweet. Wish I'd taken a pic of him. He may have been dumped like mine was. Like my grandma said when mine showed up, you may not be crazy about him, but your hens will love him. My hens loved him and mourned when he got eaten (by a gator) - they all laid around that day with their heads down - in the garage where they sleep and lay - and ignored their food. Next day they were back to normal - kind of. I wish I would have known that the eggs were fertile for a time or I'd have tried to get a bator and hatch some of his and my hens eggs. He probably thinks he found the girls from Baywatch or the Swedish Bikini Team.
He's gone now. He mated with one of the girls and flew away. No one knows I have hens, besides, my friends and family. They have no chickens
