Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

If you're in west Michigan I have a free roo for ya. I have plenty of em and can only keep 2.

Can you deliver the roo if they ask?

 

[SimpleJenn]

Those huge Orp ladies will grow too large for him to breed? even if he does accumulate them as a harem?

I will make one rehoming post when we figure out who our keepers are, of course. He has a lot of rooster potential in my eyes. I'm still very impressed he is brave enough to stand between the girls and the broody hens!

 

[SimpleJenn]

Can you deliver the roo if they ask?

I don't drive but we could work something out. My migraines are too severe for me to have ever gotten my license.

 

[featherhead007]

How fun! & nice that you have that much property. Places for chickens to hide is important if free ranging. We have a small suburban cottage block-walled yard & still have predator visits from raccoons, possums, coyotes over the solid wall, feral cats, stray dogs, someone's stray exotic snapping sharp teeth alligator?/lizard once, rabbits, & my DD has had bears, skunks, & rattlesnakes in her yard. She caught bobcats, deer, coyotes, cougar in her driveway on night camera.

W/ free ranging hens on spacious property maybe two roos would be smart as they will fight a predator to protect hens ~ it's what roos do. If one roo fights to the death it will be nice to have a backup roo left to train a new replacement roo.

Anybody else have thoughts?

Fighting to the death is what a good rooster would do!
Here’s a picture of a great rooster that did his job to the end. RIP Sir Jaffar:

 

[featherhead007]

I don't drive but we could work something out. My migraines are too severe for me to have ever gotten my license.

I did not realize that. So sorry

 

[featherhead007]

Game rooster is another term for fighting rooster. For him to be brought to the horse show and essentially dumped with 2 other boys, Randy was someone else's fighting reject. That is ok, their reject is now my hero.

“The stone that the builders rejected, became the cornerstone of the world.

 

[featherhead007]

Jaffar showed interest in the new arrivals. Now they are all grown up and almost ready to lay eggs.
I didn’t know just how precious this picture would be.

 

[RoyalChick]

Randy RooView attachment 3940025
I did not choose you. I was not happy when you showed up. I did NOT want a game rooster and was fully prepared to do what I had to to keep my dear Bubba safe if you became a problem.

Randy, the first few days while still missing my dear Branch and reeling from his loss you showed signs of promise. 4 days, just 4 days I knew I could not dispose of you. I vowed if you did not work out for me I would do my best to find you a home. I saw signs of a good rooster. Young yes, hormonal oh yes. You learned though and you learned fast from Bubba and Siri.

Randy you are excellent at watching the sky for predators and have spotted hawks before I have. Several times now you have sent the girls to cover long before I spotted the threat.

Randy, so far you are good with the chicks. Your first meeting with Julio he was rude and came charging up to you and chest bumped you. You did nothing, not even a deserved peck on the head. He is going to need a few of those by the way.

Randy Roo
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Today you are my hero. Thanks to you I still have my Spot. One of my neighbors have friends staying with them and they brought a little terrier. It got out this afternoon and had Spot pinned. You my boy saved her. You let your inner "fighting rooster" out and charged and flogged it shrieking all the way to their porch. Thanks to you their visitors still have their dog. They have been warned though, it gets out again you will not have to do your job, I will take care of it for you.

Go Randy Roo! I am so glad. He is definitely a keeper. And so happy Spot is safe.
Won’t say what I think about the visitors and their dog.

 

[notabitail]

Go Randy Roo! I am so glad. He is definitely a keeper. And so happy Spit is safe.
Won’t say what I think about the visitors and their dog.

I have some stuff to say about people and their dogs here too. Especially of the small variety.

 

[rural mouse]

All this makes me sad that I just cannot find a home for poor Bert

He is such an awesome boy, I could just smack Mr P for being such a moron!

It was just like one day he decided to become an idiot! I am wondering if he is sore and in pain, I know his feet aren’t great, and he is moulting, not to mention those silly young hens keep pecking at his head and rump feathers.

Maybe I will try him on some Tylenol for a couple days and see if it fixes his attitude.

If they settle down, would be awesome if you could keep Mr P, Mr LC and Bert. You have enough ladies to need at least that many boys. If you can get past Bert's idiot phase and Mr P's moods....winter does tend to mellow them out, so maybe a good thing.