10-12-2007, 06:09 PM
Another good addition to the poi chicken, are Banti and Wild Jungle Fowl. They are survivors. Roosters, I think are good to have around if you have free range chickens here. You get used to them - much lower key than coqui. My roosters chase mongoose and protect the hens. I have actually noticed, other than in springtime when it seems that rooster testosterone is in full bloom and some fight and are at times not too kind to the hens, that hens and roosters have a positive interaction. They become companions for life. I will never forget when one of my roosters, named Bruster, sat down on the ground near the house with something very wrong with him. I tried to help with what I knew, but in the end it didn’t matter because his closest hen, who was not sick, sat down with him and did not perch that night, as they all normally did. Sat very close to him, touching him. He passed away the next day. The guy can’t be all that bad if she felt like that. Roosters are part of chicken life. And a smart hen knows that.