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Posted on December 19, 2018 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

What to Do with Unwanted Roosters

Unwanted Rooster

…Even sexed chicks that are sold as pullets (young hens) almost invariably include one or more cockerels (young roosters). If you end up with more roosters than you need, you…

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Category: Chicken Care
Tags: Chicken Sexing, Cockerels, Rehoming Chickens, Roosters
Posted on November 29, 2018 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

Can You Stop a Rooster From Crowing?

Crowing Rooster

…them started crowing, and you realized he was a rooster, he had become a beloved member of your family flock. What to do? It’s hard to hide roosters, because one…

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Category: Chicken Care
Tags: Local Ordinances, Morning Crowing, Roosters
Posted on July 24, 2020June 28, 2021 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

Why Does a Rooster Have Wattles?

…rooster have wattles? A Rooster’s Wattles Wattles are two thin, flexible flaps of skin that hang under a rooster’s beak. The size of the wattles, like the size of the…

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Categories: Chicken Facts, Roosters
Tags: Chicken Facts, Roosters, Tidbitting, Wattles
Posted on May 2, 2018 by Gail Damerow — 21 Comments

How to Deal with a Mean Rooster

How to Deal with a Mean Rooster

…roosters are just plain ornery. Others turn mean as they age. A rooster is nice to have as part of the home flock, but you don’t really need a rooster….

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Categories: Backyard Flocks, Chicken Care
Tags: Appeasement, Chicken Behavior, Rooster Attacks
Posted on May 16, 2019 by Gail Damerow — 4 Comments

Do Roosters Have a Penis?

Rooster Portrait

…The rooster’s cloaca contains two tiny nipples (papillae) at the ends of the two ducts that transport semen from the rooster’s testes. The testes are hidden inside the rooster, near…

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Category: Chicken Facts
Tags: Chicken Reproduction, Cloacal Kiss, Rooster Anatomy
Posted on June 10, 2021June 18, 2021 by Gail Damerow — 1 Comment

Can a Rooster Lay an Egg?

Rooster laying an Egg

…hens one by one until only the rooster was left. Thereafter they were astounded to discover their “rooster” laying eggs. The unanswered question is whether such cases demonstrate a rooster…

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Categories: Chicken Eggs, Roosters
Tags: Chicken Eggs, Egg Layers, Hens, Laying Eggs, Roosters
Posted on March 4, 2021March 22, 2021 by Gail Damerow — Leave a comment

Hen Feather Loss Caused by Rooster Treading

Hen Mating Saddle

…single rooster — also result in damage from treading. Low blood calcium (hypocalcemia) causes muscle weakness that leaves a hen less nimble at getting away from amorous roosters, again leading…

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Categories: Raising Chickens, Roosters
Tags: Hen Care, Hen Feather Loss, Poultry Mating, Rooster Treading, Wounds from Feather Loss
Posted on October 2, 2015 by Cackle Hatchery — 1 Comment

Do You Need a Rooster in Your Roost?

Do You Need a Rooster in Your Roost?

…of a rooster. And, some homeowner’s associations and ordinances prohibit the keeping of roosters, so just make sure you check your paperwork before you commit to having a rooster.  …

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Category: Chicken Care
Tags: Backyard Flocks, Pecking Order, Protection from Predators, Roosters
Posted on August 18, 2015 by Cackle Hatchery — 2 Comments

Here’s How Roosters Know When to Crow

Here’s How Roosters Know When to Crow

…Their bodies will signal the roosters to crow when it should be dawn based on the last time the roosters saw visible light. When a number of roosters were kept…

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Category: Chicken Facts
Tags: Circadian Rhythms, Nagoya University, Rooster Behavior, Visible Light
Posted on February 21, 2017 by Cackle Hatchery — 2 Comments

The Year of the Rooster is Upon Us! Now What Does That Mean?

The Year of the Rooster is Upon Us! Now What Does That Mean?

Folks, we’ve officially entered the Year of the Rooster, so Cackle Hatchery went on a hunt to figure out what that really means for 2017. According to the Chinese lunar…

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Category: Chickens in the News
Tags: Chinese New Year, Year of the Rooster

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