Tell me why you keep Roosters...

[GAFarmGirl87]

My roo king George is so lovely to his girls, he takes the food from my hand and holds it in his beak till one of the girls take it. Rarely will he eat any of the treats. I sing Georgey porgey puddin in a pie kissed the girls and made them cry, to him

He is beautiful! And truly very regal-looking.

 

[gimmie birdies]

fancy chook lady has a handsome blue laced red wyanndotte, of course the above birds are handsome too.

 

[LibRat]

fancy chook lady has a handsome blue laced red wyanndotte, of course the above birds are handsome too.

They are gorgeous

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote: I thought that was sad tooo..
He thinks she is a part of his flock most likely . Esp if she raised him ..
My little Sumatra Roo treats me as part of his flock ...He calls to me & trys to give me treats ...a blade of grass , a stick , a leaf ...
I tell him he is funny ..I dont want any of that ..He is very tame ...Lets me pick him up most any time I want

 

[Gramma Chick]

It's funny when I got my 4 EE's and 1 turned out to be a rooster, I couldn't wait for him to crow. I was about to give up on him and then one day he started. Now I can't shut him up!

Does he have his own ladies ? or is he separate from the others ? it is natural for them to call the hens when they are separated from them .

 

[Gramma Chick]

Well our first rooster we ever had was called Ominous. Lol he was a light grey brahama bantam which most are known to be nasty, personallity wise. He would attack every little kid who came on our farm. We thought about wringing his neck but we just couldn't bring ourselves to do that. Insted I warned every kid that came out about him, or lock him in the coop. We dealt with him for about 7 months until a cyote picked him off. Next year came around, and we order another batch of chicks... I ended up with five roosters... We got rid of one that was sick looking, so he HAD to go. I was lucky to only end up with one nasty rooster, my Grand champion cockeral Apollo a Mille Fleur. I just learned to live with mean roosters and put my foot down. I also learned to love them. Well to answer your question, I keep my roosters because they are hilarious and very beatiful actually. I also show ny chickens, and I use then for breeding as well if one hits a grand at fair.

Did you lose any chickens at the state fair this year ? The 2nd week a disease broke out in the poultry building .
people lost old & young chickens ...

I put my roos to bed in a night box, it is a wood box with air holes but he has to lie down in it. and cannot stretch his neck to crow, and I have it between lay pens, so they block the sound and I keep him dark. I can sleep even in the summer.

A unique solution ..I rarely heard mine even with the window open ...my husband says he hears them . I sleep through it most times ..
I guess I am in my deep sleep cycle when they crow ..I start to hear them around 10:00 am .

 

[LibRat]

I thought that was sad tooo..

He thinks she is a part of his flock most likely . Esp if she raised him ..
My little Sumatra Roo treats me as part of his flock ...He calls to me & trys to give me treats ...a blade of grass , a stick , a leaf ...
 I tell him he is funny ..I dont want any of that ..He is very tame ...Lets me pick him up most any time I want

My Pigpen is the same way. We have to put a trash can in front of each window so he can see us in whatever room he hears us or the TV or he will crow until one of us goes to the window and talks to him. Or he just follows one of us inside! We can just pick him up also. People don't believe it until they see it and they are still like "wow can I pet him?" Lol I love it when they ask if he bites. No chickens don't have teeth

 

[Gramma Chick]

Quote: I was looking at his pictures ...is he a

Bantam White Plymouth Rock​

? he looks smaller sized . A handsome boy
I have never seen a chicken sleep that way ..flat out ..so funny

Here is my little Sumatra roo Skiddy with his Lady TT...asking her to play house ..in our shed ...top shelf

 

[Chrystal Dawn]

Maybe he is crowing because he is calling you ..My Roos crow mostly when they are calling the flock ...As you were close he probably misses you . Can you visit him ?

I can visit him and I'm planning on going out there Tuesday afternoon. I never thought he would think I was part of his flock.
I got him when I went to buy a chicken waterer and he was about 8 weeks old and running around the barn. He came up to me and I just picked him up, because he obviously wasn't supposed to be out, and gave him to the lady and she told me she'd been trying to catch him for a while and I could have him if I wanted him. I explained that I couldn't have a rooster so I needed to know for sure if it was a boy or girl and she told me he was definitely a she..... I'm new to chickens so I didn't know that you could sex EEs by their markings. Live and learn. I'm still glad I got him out of there, though. I'm looking forward to going to see him even more now. I didn't think that he would even remember me once he had some ladies to dance around and impress. I'll make sure to bring him some melon and blueberries.

 

[Chrystal Dawn]