Why would a rooster take care of some baby chicks?

Rlmp817

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My D'anver roo flogged me for making his chicks peep :lau:love while I did not appreciate the flogging, I love the sentiment. {I did not let him get away with it though, I caught him and football held him while I finished checking their food and water}
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OhZark Biddies

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it's been too many years ago... but I think we used to have a Brahma that would do that... I think that's what he was... maybe someone knows if that' something brahmas are known for?
 

centrarchid

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I can induce it with some regularity. See thread below where it came to be accidentally. All roosters I have messed with have the capacity to bond with chicks. When I was a kid it was frequently seen when a cock and hen were single mated in fly-pens used to hold older and higher value brood stock. Cockerels / stags in mature feather are capable of same. Shortly I will be setting up a round of it for classroom demonstrations.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-to-look-for-in-a-broody-rooster.882368/
 
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chickens really

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I can induce it with some regularity. See thread below where it came to be accidentally. All roosters I have messed with have the capacity to bond with chicks. When I was a kid it was frequently seen when a cock and hen were single mated in fly-pens used to hold older and higher value brood stock. Cockerels / stags in mature feather are capable of same. Shortly I will be setting up a round of it for classroom demonstrations.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/what-to-look-for-in-a-broody-rooster.882368/
I love that picture..:frow
 

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