Meet Jack, the rooster. Justin and I decided the girls needed a strapping man to protect them after the dogs got in and killed a hen. We knew we wanted one that wasn't mean to people and able to be picked up if we needed to do any first aid or treatments. We found Jack, a Light Brahma on a little farm in Colfax where we also scored a beautiful tiny Aracauna hen, "Thumbelina". At first we were worried about his flock-leading prowess. The hens picked on him mercilessly at first. The whole right side of his neck was torn up from other roosters at his old home picking on him and he hardly had any tail feathers. He actually looked like a butch hen when he came to Schone Vida. Well, now he's come into his own. His ladies adore him, following him around everywhere he goes. His feather have grown back and now he is quite a handsome sight. Moreover, he takes very good care of his girls. In return for some "tail" whenever he wants it (which is about 5 or more times a day), he alerts the girls to predators sp they run for the shelter of the barn and during feeding time he steps back and let's them have their fill before he takes a turn. Yesterday as I was making the pathway down to the barn and uncovering shovelfuls of worms in the soil. Jack would scrutinize the soil until he saw a delicious morsel then trill to his ladies to come running. Pulling the worm out by his beak he'd fling it toward one of the hens and point at it with his beak. The girl went nuts for this and went to bed with full bellies. Guys, you can learn something from this: Woman like to be fed and protected...most of the time anyway.
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