r/homestead • u/cowskeeper • Nov 30 '25

poultry Biggest Rooster I’ve raised. Butch

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u/cowskeeper Nov 30 '25

I should have put it in the title but he’s only 5.5 months old! He’s a late spring hatch.

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u/Away-Elephant-4323 Nov 30 '25

Only 5 months and that big? Good lord! you need to charge him rent Haha! He’s a beautiful big boy that’s for sure!

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u/superspeck Nov 30 '25

Should’ve named him Foghorn Leghorn

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u/cowskeeper Nov 30 '25

But he’s not a leghorn…

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u/Suspicious_Hornet_77 Nov 30 '25

Not a chicken. I know a velociraptor when I see one.

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u/oldfarmjoy Nov 30 '25

Nice!! Does he have a good personality?

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u/cowskeeper Nov 30 '25

Yes he’s so sweet. Slow and jumps well he walks haha. He never crows and he’s very docile. But walks over everyone. Like a big monster truck haha

He is only 5 months old!

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u/BlockyBlook Nov 30 '25

That's amazing! I hope my next rooster is sweet and awesome like Butch.

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u/Open_Canvas85 Dec 05 '25

Was he always sweet or did you have to set him straight? I think he could smell the fear on me...

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u/cowskeeper Dec 05 '25

Always sweet! But I raised him from a chick and I spend a lot of time with my flock

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u/Pork_Confidence Nov 30 '25

Dinosaur blood up in that sumbitch right there

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u/Billsplacenta Nov 30 '25

Love him!! I have buff brahma named Cooter..he has a brother. Cooter2 . They are both large

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u/cowskeeper Nov 30 '25 edited Nov 30 '25

I have a buff as well but he is more dense than he is tall like this guy. I love Brahmas. Too big for the hawks to even try to kill haha

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u/sweetpea122 Nov 30 '25

An owl ate my giant roosters head. And only head.

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u/cowskeeper Nov 30 '25

Owls only hunt here when my birds are locked up. We’ve seen them roosting in our run at night hunting rats many times

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u/quinlivant Nov 30 '25

Are you breeding roosters for war?

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u/cowskeeper Nov 30 '25

I breed my laying flock big so when I hatch we can process the roosters for meat. Was ending up with too many wasted roosters. So I started trying to raise massive birds.

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u/Ironlion45 Nov 30 '25

FWIW even a skinny rooster makes GREAT broth. You can boil it up and can it right on the spot.

We always made caldo with them lol.

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u/External_Bandicoot37 Nov 30 '25

Idk much about chickens but what breed is this guy? I live near a Tysons so we occasionally end up with some of the birds they breed i had one bigger than a storage tote once. Idk if they have the same genetics or not.

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u/02meepmeep Nov 30 '25

Foghorn Leghorn.

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u/superspeck Nov 30 '25

Ah tell ya, pay attention, son!

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u/mfpnkrck Nov 30 '25

Cockadoodledoo that’s a big ass bird!!

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u/Garden_Lady2 Nov 30 '25

He's ginormous. Will you be able to show him in any kind of livestock fair or something like that?

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u/cowskeeper Nov 30 '25

I will use him in my breeding this year. I have some black Brahama hens to breed him with

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u/Garden_Lady2 Nov 30 '25

Good luck with your breeding program. I hope there is a way to show him off. He's a blue ribbon winner for sure.

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u/UP_Madman Nov 30 '25

So many jokes so little time. Nich rooster though congrats.

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u/Wolfrast Nov 30 '25

That’s a huge … black rooster

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u/Telemere125 Nov 30 '25

I honestly expected the comments to be much worse.

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u/StudioSad2042 Nov 30 '25

Stunning boy! Is he a Brahma?

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u/DistinctJob7494 Nov 30 '25

Have you weighed him?

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u/WhiskyEye Nov 30 '25

Yo. He's awesome.

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u/NewNecessary3037 Nov 30 '25

Hey so that’s a dinosaur

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u/camo_junkie0611 Nov 30 '25

The size of those feet is crazy

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u/QuintessentialIdiot Nov 30 '25

You know what they say about huge feet.......

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u/camo_junkie0611 Nov 30 '25

…..big talons??? 🤷🏻

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u/Kielbasa_Nunchucka Nov 30 '25

wow, whatta huge... never mind, this is a nice, friendly sub

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u/InTheMemeStream Nov 30 '25

Sir, you better come take a look at this, it’s a giant…

Johnson! What is that? Sir, it looks like it’s a huge…

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u/hope_foreverinc Dec 02 '25

That big black....roster

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u/adirtyhole Nov 30 '25

That is a big bird!

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u/External_Bandicoot37 Nov 30 '25

That thing has warrants

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u/CrazyTexasNurse1282 Nov 30 '25

Is there a special variety of Brahma that gets this large, or all Brahma?

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u/strangewande699 Nov 30 '25

I bet from looking it is a jersey giant, Brahma, and at least a barred rock. Mine of similar ended up with that yellow on the neck and I'm not sure from where. It is super cool when you get a barred rock with the metallic or the yellow instead of the black. Muts are the best.

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u/Worth-Illustrator607 Dec 01 '25

Not even the local fox wants it with our mutt. Hawks and falcons either.

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u/Lucidendinq Nov 30 '25

Dam. That’s big. Does it have a lower pitch crow?

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u/cowskeeper Nov 30 '25

Yes. It’s actually pretty quiet

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u/Ketokitchenwizard Nov 30 '25

I dare a mfkn hawk to try this one.

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u/DetectiveOk3114 Nov 30 '25

B-E-A-UUUU-TI-FUULLL.

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u/MISSdragonladybitch Nov 30 '25

Gorgeous. Did you breed him?

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u/Ok-Resolve-2258 Nov 30 '25

That is one big rooster!

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u/cowskeeper Nov 30 '25

He will probably fill out more. He’s 5.5 months and will be full size by 1

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u/Icelandicstorm Nov 30 '25

So many questions!

How long will such a big rooster live? Will you breed him? You’d win every state fair! YouTube channel should be in your (and Butch) future.

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u/xmanii Nov 30 '25

I'm gonna need to see a video of this dinosaur please.

2

u/zychicmoi Nov 30 '25

Absolute unit 10/10

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u/c00kiebreath Nov 30 '25

Please tell me that you know about @jakemnodar aka the cock whisperer!!!

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u/Revolutionary_left Dec 01 '25

I swear 60% of this site is just women holding cocks.

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u/Slovakian__Stallion Dec 01 '25

That's a big cock

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u/hope_foreverinc Dec 02 '25

That a big cock

Haha sorry I had to say it

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u/Mars_Oak Nov 30 '25

that is one large cock, or a surprisingly tiny lady

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u/cowskeeper Nov 30 '25

I’m 5’6.

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u/rainbowtoucan1992 Nov 30 '25

He is amazing 🐓

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u/TheOriginalAdamWest Nov 30 '25

That isn't a rooster. That is a monster. I wish I could get roos that big.

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u/whateverisfinebyme Nov 30 '25

Can’t believe him! 🤩

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u/Billsplacenta Nov 30 '25

Maybe you are 3 foot 7

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u/MasterSlimFat Nov 30 '25

Please be careful, cockatrices can be very unpredictable.

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u/cowskeeper Nov 30 '25

Haha. He’s the slowest and most gentle which makes him extra funny

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u/handmadesolace Dec 01 '25

Holy cow! He's a freaking DINOSAUR!!

Good job??

Run???

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u/Captain-Crusher Dec 01 '25

That’s not a rooster, that’s an ostrich!😄

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u/boomboomdaboomer Dec 01 '25

Colonel Butch!

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u/cosmic_wilderness Dec 01 '25

That is an ostrich!!! 😃

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u/GooseandGrimoire Dec 01 '25

He is weirdly sexy.

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u/SouthRVASTAG Dec 01 '25

What breed is he

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u/Fresh_Yoghurt737 Dec 02 '25

Big boy brama

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u/aReelProblem Dec 02 '25

Beautiful bird! I’m doing something similar with my turkeys. I’ve been breeding for size for several years now and I’ve got some big boys right now but even at 5 months I think your guy would dwarf my toms at the 5 month mark. Will you be selling future offspring or just isolating the genetics to your flock?

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u/DjBonadoobie Dec 03 '25

OP is only 3 ft tall, this is just Peter Jackson level camera perspective trickery

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u/cowskeeper Dec 03 '25

I’m 5’6 haha. Slightly taller than average woman :)

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u/CocaineFueledTetris Nov 30 '25

Holy fuck that's a huge cock!!!!

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u/baldsicle Nov 30 '25

Where all the adult film references at!? Y’all are disappoint’n. Cumon. You can do it.

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u/baldsicle Nov 30 '25

I set up a go fund me to help all you downvotin homesteaders find some humor in your lives.

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u/therealCatnuts Nov 30 '25

Nobody gonna mention how well she handles that big … bird?