In the past, before hatcheries sold sexed chicks, everyone had to deal with roosters. Most went into the soup pot, but the nicest, the friendliest, the ones with the larger-than-life personalities, were kept around. I have a collection of vintage photographs of chickens, and have numerous images of people, with huge grins on their faces, holding their favorite roosters.
A mean rooster was soon gone, but the gentlemen had good lives and entertained the people who cared for them.
I would like to believe that the puppy and rooster photo was of someone’s favorite pets sitting together, but the roo knew who was #1.
Look at her smile, she looks happy and looks like a good protector…
His comb looks almost as big as her hand! :-0
I have four roosters. Two of them are the sweetest animals and have never displayed bad behavior around me, my daughter or my granddaughter. I have saved both of them from life-threatening accidents and I think they repay me with kindness. :)
We used to have a Brahma rooster without a name and if I picked him up he would just sit in my arms without struggling. It’s nice when you have a friendly bird.
Oh me too! I had the sweetest Brahma rooster and he was enormous. By the time he was 6 months old, I could barely get my arms around him to pick him up. He loved being held too. It was a good thing he was so good natured, otherwise he would’ve been a feathered nightmare.
Those Brahma roosters! A friend of mine had one who passed recently. That rooster would let my friend and her nieces dress him up in clothes, Build A Bear clothes! He truly was a Gentle Giant!
I’ve heard that time and again about Brahma roos. Once again, we get back to genetics. I think that only the nice roos should be allowed to breed!
We had a Brahma rooster as part of our Victory Garden flock during WWII. I was little then, but I don’t remember him being anything but nice to have around. My first pet was a bantam hen in that flock, a creamy-yellow with black flecks at the bottom of her ruff. I named her Banana because she was the color of the inside of a banana, with the black spots looking like the seeds! She was so pretty.