The bulls are not allowed to run with the cows year round, for lots of reasons (according to what we have found out)-they lose interest, the cows don’t want them around (they are busy munching and growing babies), and the bulls get bored and start tearing up things.
So the bulls go to their own pen.
Interestingly enough bulls will not fight or get territorial if there are no cows around. They hang out with each other, smoke cigars, tell dirty stories, eat, drink lots of water, and in general just have really good guy times. It when those cute dames get in the picture that the whole male thing takes place.
Anyway, I had to tell you that story so I could tell you about my rooster, Roo. What a bird!!!! He is wearing the girls’ backs out and their poor little heads are in bad shape from his very sharp beak. I am in the process of making them aprons so their backs can heal. It is because of Roo busy activities; that every morning, just as the day is starting, Roo goes out into our yard, the chicken answer to the Bull’s pen. He spends his time hang’n at the fence making really pretty talk to girls trapped inside the chicken pen and dreaming about all those delightful girls…ahhhhhhhh.
About 5:00 in the evening I let out all the hens so they can have beauty baths, run and stretch their feet and wings, and eat yummy things in the yard and fields. Roo loves having the girls FREE AT LAST! Does his little court’n dance and ….well, we won’t go there.
When I’m outside working in the yard he comes to help me, he scratches at the dirt, talks about the bugs and worms he finds and in general makes himself a regular pest.
Now, this isn’t a comforting as it sounds, because ROO has attacked DH and last night our son. So I’m not sure of Roo’s days here, we have grandchildren who spend lots and lots of time with us and they come first!
Roo and I had a BIG discussion one day, early on, and he is a bit afraid of me. He wears his scars well, better him than me. I have a very, VERY healthy respect for him and keep a big stick by my side at all times. Still I am not sure of his future, I could come home one day and he may have finished his life here on earth. Until that time Roo will head to great outdoors, help Fuzzy guard the house, help me work in the yard, and sit on the fence dreaming.
Life on a Colorado Farm 
Never knew about this Bull/Cow separation business. We learn a lot from your blog. Great stuff!
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This post had me cracking up! Smoking cigars and telling dirty jokes! And your rooster really reminded me of a story we used to hear from a farmer friend. I wrote about it on my blog a while ago, so if you get a chance, and need a chuckle, check it out. http://phillygroves.blogspot.com/2008/10/franch-tales-from-old-timer.html
(Its the first part)
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I love a good chicken story! My Grma used to say “the rooster does all the crowing, but its the hen that lays the eggs” She would send any rooster too full of himself to the cook pot.
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I am so glad we bought our chicks sexed. I did not want to have to deal with a Rooster. They are mean little buggers. Our male duck was bad enough. Trust when I say these guys have no sense of species. Our male duck loved our chickens bald. You know what I mean.
I have know knowledge of bulls. The whole vegetarian thing, you know. It is nice to know that they get along when the girls are not in the mix. And really, the girls don’t want them around either. LOL!
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I HAD a roo-ster like yours but alas he sassed the wrong guy and got taken out of the picture for good. I can’t say as I really miss him all that much he was sort of a scoundrel.
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Great blog today, I really enjoyed it! You got a good soup recipe picked out fot Roo yet? 🙂
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Too funny, girl. I carry a stick with my roosters to, I just dont trust them. They get that beady look in their eye and Ive got that stick ready to play my version of Rooster Ball. Maybe you and I should start an official team, hummmm any other girls out there we can get to play???? Thanks for the morning laugh…
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I loved reading about your bulls. I can just imagine them hanging out, enjoying life free from nagging cows. I’ve heard so many awful stories about aggressive roosters. We are getting chickens soon but no roosters.
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Roo, Roo, Roo.
Roosters – can’t live with ’em and can’t hardly live without them crowing and weeding and talking about bugs… Sigh.
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I love this post! We are having issues with our roo too!
I’ve just found out, on 3 separate blogs, about the aprons. I may need to get some of these for our poor hens!
Looks like you’re getting some rain today!
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Great post! Here is an idea, just get an empty KFC bucket and put it out where he can see it…:-)
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OOOhhhh, that brings back horrible memories of being attacked by roosters when I was little. Ewwww… not good. My dad eventually gave our three mean ones to the Mexican workers that lived on the land near us. They ate them.
Yikes.
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You had me laughing with this post! So enjoyable. I have two roosters and they too, wear the hens out. So I have had to pen them away from the hens. They all hang around the fence together, talking chicken talk, but the hens are teases, they talk….but once I let the roosters out, they all squawk and run away! Blessings,Kathleen
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Linda, get the pot ready!!!
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gives new meaning to “animal house” 🙂 aren’t g-d’s creatures awesome
gp
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“Roo and I had a BIG discussion” LOL
Dirk has had “discussions” with roosters before too. Tho he was doing the discussing while screaming across the yard!!! Had me and the landlord both running.
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I definitely learn a lot from your blog. 🙂 I’ve been thinking of getting some chickens, but hubby seems deadset against it, says it will just attract the coyotes even more around the house. 😦 I’ll have to work on this one. I want to have our own eggs as I’m working towards being a little more self-sustainable. I mean, we have the land (26 acres), so why not??! To start out, I only want to get 2-4 chickens, not a ton.
I do need to read up more on chickens. I was reading another blog a few days ago wherein she discussed her chicks pecking each other til they bled, and even killing each other? Ehw, gross!! I’m hoping that’s only certain breeds….
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Oh boy, I am so behind. I love your story about the bulls, you tell it well, and I felt like I was right there watching them have their guy time!! Love it!!
Oh Roo, boy that brings back memories. When I was little we had chickens and a rooster. I always had to carry a big stick, any time outside, he was a mean ole’ rooster, Ouch!!
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