Proud And Loud
by Kathy White
Title
Proud And Loud
Artist
Kathy White
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Photograph - Photography--greeting Cards Or Notes Are Cheaper By The Dozen!
Description
A rooster is a bird. In actuality, it is a male chicken, while the female is called a hen. Immature male chickens less than one year old are called cockerels.
The term "rooster" originates in the United States, and the term is widely used throughout North America, as well as Australia and New Zealand.
"Roosting" is the action of perching aloft to sleep at night, and is done by both sexes. The rooster is polygamous, but cannot guard several nests of eggs at once. He guards the general area where his hens are nesting, and will attack other roosters that enter his territory. During the daytime, he usually sits on a high perch, usually 3–5 feet off the ground to serve as a lookout for his flock. He will sound a distinctive alarm call if predators are nearby.
The rooster is often portrayed as crowing at the break of dawn ("cock-a-doodle-doo") and will almost always start crowing before 4 months of age. He can often be seen sitting on fence posts or other objects, where he crows to proclaim his territory. However, this idea is more romantic than real, as a rooster can and will crow at any time of the day. Some roosters are especially vociferous, crowing almost constantly, while others only crow a few times a day. These differences are dependent both upon the rooster's breed and individual personality. He has several other calls as well, and can cluck, similar to the hen. Roosters will occasionally make a patterned series of clucks to attract hens to a source of food, the same way a mother hen does for her chicks.
The crowing that the rooster does, which as it says can be any time of the day, is why I called this photograph "Proud and Loud", depicting their loud cock-a-doodle-doo and their proud strut! This one has beautiful colors of yellows, oranges, reds, and dark blue and black.
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February 12th, 2013
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