Well, I adopted four roosters from a woman who didn't want to feed them over the winter. That seems to be a common occurrence with livestock and Montana. These roos are skinny and need to gain weight. I suspect they were primarily free-ranged -- if not totally free-ranged. I figure in a month's time, they'll be ready for freezer camp.
Two Barred Rocks and the Brahma |
Light Brahma |
They're pretty mild-mannered roosters too. This morning I got up and found that I had 3 roosters in the pen. One was missing. So, after looking around, I found the RIR in the geese pen, cowering by the dog houses.
The barn went from being only moderately noisy to very noisy with five roosters crowing at each other and when I picked up one rooster, they all went into an alarm cluck which sounds like an egg song. All the chickens picked it up and I got to hear buc-buc-buc-BAWK! at the top of their lungs. It was cute, if noisy. Even the 4 week old chicks cheeped in.
The RIR or NHR Roo |
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