Roosters can be great. They can also be territorial and outright dangerous. Sometimes the same rooster will be all of that. And, if it goes bad, they are impossible to place. Rooster rescues take in all they can, but there's a limit to how many any given place can house, and roosters are very prone to needing rescues between their own natures, laws, and humans not knowing what they're getting into.
That being said, if you have a lot of space, plenty of time, and are aware of their needs, a rooster with your flock is a truly wonderful thing. Ours has fought off a dog three times a coyote (or maybe coydog, hard to be sure) once, and in one of those cases literally broke his spur off in the dog's ass. He even tried to fight off a hawk that got one of our hens, though he didn't manage to succeed.
But chickens are highly social. You need multiple unless you're able to have them with you inside and have the time to serve the role of flock for them. A rooster without a flock is going to be prone to stress. A stressed rooster is prone to being territorial. A territorial rooster is prone to fuckery. And that fuckery can include trying to break a spur off in your ass.
Legit, I love our rooster. But I would not take another one on in the future. It's a ton of work when he's got a hair up his ass, which is 9/10 days here lately. If I were less disabled, and could expand the flock enough to keep them all happy, that would change though. If the world was perfect and I could handle the work involved, I'd have a dozen girls and when this big dummy eventually dies, I'd want another. I just can't ever recommend it without the caveats being covered
Worth noting that it’s also usually a good idea to rotate them every couple years if you only have one, otherwise it messes up their genetic and the chicks end up inbred like Charles II.
28 Comments
affenlehrer@feddit.org · 25 pts · 101d
He got all the cards
BigBrownDog@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 101d
That's a huge cock.
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 101d
I think this might be AI. What card is the 4 supposed to be with that symbol in the middle?
nathanjent@programming.dev · 10 pts · 101d
Also the mixed "1" / "i" on the red card in the discard pile. I've seen that in other ai images.
nailbar@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 100d
I can accept that the 1 could just be dirty or scratched, but the 4 is definitely sus.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 100d
Its not even an i, zoom in. Its like a little stick figure.
ProbablyBaysean@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 100d
An upside down 4?
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 100d
It's missing the diagonal and would be way off-center. The 4 would have to be sideways. You can see what it should look like in the discard pile.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 101d
I asked chatgpt, it said its not ai /s 😉
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 101d
Ah, yes, the ultimate hallmark of trustworthiness.
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 101d
I don't do anything without consulting it first. /s
KindnessIsPunk@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 101d
Nice cock bro
mrmisses@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 101d
I was taught girls hate dick picks
slacktoid@lemmy.ml · 29 pts · 101d
No girls hate unsolicited dick pics
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 101d
Feel like this is missing a comma.
slacktoid@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 101d
Probably is
mrmisses@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 101d
I don't hate unsolicited pussy pics, we are not the same
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 101d
Nothing in this photo implied this was talking about girls.
generic_computers@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 101d
Does the rooster have a wild card? You're gonna lose, bro.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 100d
Well then you've gotta respond with a picture of your great tits
Return_of_Chippy@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 100d
hOrni@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 101d
South park reference here.
Malyca@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 101d
I wanna get a rooster now
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 100d
Be careful.
Roosters can be great. They can also be territorial and outright dangerous. Sometimes the same rooster will be all of that. And, if it goes bad, they are impossible to place. Rooster rescues take in all they can, but there's a limit to how many any given place can house, and roosters are very prone to needing rescues between their own natures, laws, and humans not knowing what they're getting into.
That being said, if you have a lot of space, plenty of time, and are aware of their needs, a rooster with your flock is a truly wonderful thing. Ours has fought off a dog three times a coyote (or maybe coydog, hard to be sure) once, and in one of those cases literally broke his spur off in the dog's ass. He even tried to fight off a hawk that got one of our hens, though he didn't manage to succeed.
But chickens are highly social. You need multiple unless you're able to have them with you inside and have the time to serve the role of flock for them. A rooster without a flock is going to be prone to stress. A stressed rooster is prone to being territorial. A territorial rooster is prone to fuckery. And that fuckery can include trying to break a spur off in your ass.
Legit, I love our rooster. But I would not take another one on in the future. It's a ton of work when he's got a hair up his ass, which is 9/10 days here lately. If I were less disabled, and could expand the flock enough to keep them all happy, that would change though. If the world was perfect and I could handle the work involved, I'd have a dozen girls and when this big dummy eventually dies, I'd want another. I just can't ever recommend it without the caveats being covered
SorryQuick@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 100d
Worth noting that it’s also usually a good idea to rotate them every couple years if you only have one, otherwise it messes up their genetic and the chicks end up inbred like Charles II.
BucketBong@p.hobo.social · 2 pts · 100d
Wait, we're not supposed to send these? Might explain why i dontngat any bird pics back.
troglodytis@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 101d
Either he wins, or his cock wins.
Well played
OpenStars@piefed.social · 1 pts · 101d
Or else understood it perfectly...