Roosters have their own territories, especially roosters who do not have a flock of chickens.
And often (here on the Farmy) a lone rooster will attach itself to an animal. At least to the area that a particular animal lives in and the promise of two free feeds a day. Let’s be honest!!
There are roosters in the fields with the cows.
The plonker has a whole passel of roosters in the barn with him.
Jude and FreeBee have two roosters that hang out in the trailer with them.
(WaiWai does not have a rooster he prefers cats).
And Tima has her own rooster. He is an old fella who has been around the block a time or two and I suspect he can speak Pig.
All winter Tima arrived with her rooster at the back door growling and banging on the glass for someone to hurry up and feed her.
Now that Tima is behind a gate in her summer pastures her rooster has been appearing at the back door by himself – around about dinner time. Sent there by Tima I am fairly sure.
He is quieter than Tima. Apparently content that his very presence will be enough to remind the humans that it is dinner time.
Now what would you think if you were the farmer?
The moment I step outside with the bucket he runs off across the track to Tima and waits with his pig behind the gate. I just shake my head and feed him a little extra. Being an old rooster and all that.
Here are the mobile manure spreaders advancing across the wheat pasture.
Happy Friday!
We made it.
Cecilia
The Kitchen's Garden 
41 responses to “The Rooster on the Porch”
Have you seen the film, the Biggest Little Farm? It is reminiscent of you. . . about a family who restored a waste of a bit of property in rural California to a fertile state over years with a lot of work. The film featured a wonderful old pig and a wonderful lonely rooster who made friends, for a time anyway until an unfortunate but natural incident with the rooster, and later the ravages of time caught up with the pig as she will will all of us.
I suppose you would relate to some of what they discuss and perhaps differ on some of their decisions as you are a deep thinker about your impacts. I do recommend it if you should feel inclined in your spare time.
I would love to watch it. I don’t have a TV but when I travel I resort to Netflix at times!
Sorry for the double post; I saw it on an airplane myself; there is a website for the movie and it gives several ways to watch.
No no worries! Maybe I will see it on a plane too!
Have you seen the film The Biggest Little Farm? Among other adventures in farming, they had a pig and rooster who became friends.
I keep meaning to watch that! Is it on Netflix? Maybe I can see it when I am traveling?
Ah yes – all my chickens seem to be ‘pets’…and I get ridiculously attached to them when they’ve survived so many years. 😊
– yes! It is hard not to have favorites!
Wonderful photos Celi! And that’s a handsome old rooster that you have there.
I have a LOT of handsome roosters!!