Stray Rooster

[King Reuben]

This guy showed up at my gate today, when I approached he walked off and a few hours later he is back and closer to my hen’s run. I threw him some scratch. What kind is he? So pretty. What would you all do? Let him in? Afraid he may hurt the girls though he talked to them through the fence which “seemed” non aggressive. He won’t last long outside here. I posted on the only local app up here. View attachment 4237836

No hesitation -take him in!

 

[Gizmos]

If nobody else claims him, I'd keep him. He's a pretty rooster. Quarantine him for two weeks to 30 days first and check him for mites. You should go around asking all your neighbors if they lost him. He shouldn't hurt your girls, but if he's carrying disease, that'd be a problem. He looks fairly young. I'd say he's about six to seven months old. Someone might have abandoned him when he started crowing too much and figured you'd take him because you have chickens. (This has happened to me more than once. Thankfully the first time the people asked.)

As far as breed, my first thought is Blue Andalusian, though, I feel like he should be darker. His shoulders are pretty dark, so maybe he still is?

I thought dumped too being a rooster.

 

[Gizmos]

WOW that is a lovely rooster, I had a Blue Araucana once who looked like him...but this guy has an upright comb so probably not that. He looks half orpington to me...maybe a cross? It could be a blue langshan. If you aren't living in town I'd keep him especially since he doesn't seem to have scaly leg mite

Araucana Leghorn cross?

 

[Mamaschickies]

He sure is a beauty - I would be so tempted to go the quarantine and intro to the ladies to get chicks like him.
Sadly there are a lot of people who will dump roosters, female cats or dogs, noisy birds. Basically anything that is not easy.

 

[Mamaschickies]

He is pretty. I have been trying to find homes for my 2 roosters, but I can't bring myself to dump them somewhere. I lock them up in my craft room till 9am at the risk of $500 a day violation charge. One is a lavender named Tommy and the other is a polish and his name is Bobbles.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

He is pretty. I have been trying to find homes for my 2 roosters, but I can't bring myself to dump them somewhere. I lock them up in my craft room till 9am at the risk of $500 a day violation charge. One is a lavender named Tommy and the other is a polish and his name is Bobbles.

Don't be abandoning them! If you're in Maine, I'll take them before you do that. If you need some help finding homes for them, post them in your State thread, post a listing in the swap section, or list them on Craigslist, all as free. Someone will take them. Worst case scenario, contact an animal shelter (which is last resort) and see if they'll take them, or eat them. (Eating them is still better than abandoning them where they'll become a problem for someone else, be killed by a predator, or suffer from lack of shelter and food.)

Here's some links:

Find Your State's or Your Country's Thread.

Buy ~ Sell ~ Trade

How To Post On Craigslist

 

[NatJ]

It could be Splash Rosecomb Bantam chickenView attachment 4242008

I do not think the rooster in the first post of this thread is a Splash Rosecomb Bantam.

The picture in the first post shows that he is colored blue, not splash, and that he has a single comb not a rose comb.
I do not think he is a bantam either, based on some of the later photos that show him with the hens.