Vince is such a tender hearted guy sometimes .. other times . . not so much, but we have this one rooster. His name is Jasper. He’s a bit high strung and he’s huge.
Jasper
He’s one of the marans but he’s about 2-1/2 times bigger than the hens and quite a bit bigger than the other roosters. We have too many roosters in there and Jasper isn’t mean (he isn’t nice either), but he’s just so darned big. We put an ad in the local ads trying to find a home for two extra roosters and one did go to a new home, where I hear he’s quite happy but no one seems to want Jasper. It isn’t easy to get rid of an extra rooster!
I said . . I will try to find him a new home and if we don’t, he’s dinner. No! Vince feels bad for him. “He can’t help that he’s a rooster!” Sound like something a man would say? 🙂
So, Jasper is in a coop all by himself. He’s right next to the red chicken/Iowa Blue pen and there’s an Iowa Blue hen that stays right over by the fence with him. She isn’t close enough for Jasper to get what he *really* wants . . if you get my drift . . but she is pretty devoted to him.
Jasper
Vince has been letting the chickens out for the past couple of weeks and he lets them out just before daylight so he can get to work. I wait til full daylight because there are enough critters out there . . I want to see what’s about to get me. This morning, Jasper was not happy with the timeliness of his coop being opened up. He was banging on the walls . . you would have thought there was a stampeding buffalo in that coop. It kinda reminded me of when Chad was about 13 and if something wasn’t going his way, he knew better than to be mouthy about it but he would make enough noise – closing doors a bit too hard, “accidentally” dropping a book on the wood or tile floor, etc. It’s been almost 14 years since Chad was 13. WOW . . how time flies. See . . one ornery rooster has me fighting back tears at daylight . . missing Chad and realizing how quickly time passes.
Anyway . . I think we need Jasper dumplings this weekend but somehow, I’m guessing he will be around for a long time, stomping his little rooster feet to express his displeasure with my actions in the morning.
Ann says
That is funny he can’t help that he is a rooster!!!! your dinner is a better plan he might just be dinner at his new home too.
Joyce says
“Stomping his little rooster feet…” made me laugh! I am rather partial to rooster and dumplings, though.
Ava says
We have a big red rooster who is balancing on the edge of the soup pan so to speak. My husband says this rooster is just mean to the hens – says he sneaks up on them while they’re trying to eat. I’ve learned more about roosters than I really wanted to. I love the fresh eggs and the hens, but some roosters are just animals.
Debbie Brown says
Since it seems that the blue hen is trying to be his friend in every way that she can, maybe you should put the two of them together in his side of the fence. Maybe it’s a “Beauty and the Beast” love affair for them!
Diana says
Hmmm just a rooster or rooster and dumplings .. What a choice !LOL
Carolyn says
LOL he can’t help it! LOL what you really need is more chicks! and if he has his way you will
Betty says
We also name our ‘girls’. We have found that once we name them, we can not eat them….