March 23, 2008 | Sex & Society

Rooster loves cock

Meet Julius and Big Daddy, two roosters in love.

The birds received national attention after an ad appeared on petfinder.com, a website that finds forever homes for abandoned animals. They were being cared for by L.A.'s A Dog's Life Rescue.

According to the ad the birds decided "that they were not going to adhere to normative chicken social conventions (and that) Julius and Big Daddy have chosen one another as companions. Thus, against the odds, we are seeking a rooster-savvy home where they can stay together for the rest of their days." 

Big Daddy, the larger of the two, "is Julius' protector, and at night he roosts over Julius like a mama hen sitting on a brood of chicks. Obviously the idea of separating these guys is just too heartbreaking to even consider!"

In eight months the rooster's caretakers only received two calls. "One person wanted to split them up, which was out of the question," said Brenda Lee, the birds' foster mom.

An Alabama farmer finally took the roosters in. Proof that even in the south attitudes towards pink poultry are changing.