Official Rooster

Backyard Poultry

What a Crower!

At about 24 weeks of age now, Puzzle was becoming a full-fledged rooster. It crowed all day long—in the morning, after any loud noise (like a table saw), and whenever it was time for scratch! Puzzle hardly seemed to notice that while crowing, its comb nearly touched the top of the wire runs.

Puzzle Separate From Hens

 The rooster was in fact almost outgrowing the chicken setup we had. As it got older, the Puzzle began to try to mate with the hens. Especially in the morning, it got to the point of harassment because there were so few hens, such a large rooster, and no space for them to get away. Consequently, we started having to put Puzzle in a separate run from the hens for part of the day. It was pretty tricky to capture it without getting pecked, and turned into a bit of a hassle. It was beginning to seem there was more to keeping a rooster than we thought!