Rooster Portrait Faux Canvas Print

A rooster, is an adult male gallinaceous bird, usually a male chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus). 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 day, which 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 attacks other roosters that enter his territory. During the daytime, a rooster often sits on a high perch, usually 0.9 to 1.5 m (3 to 5 feet) off the ground, to serve as a lookout for his group (hence the term "rooster"). He sounds a distinctive alarm call if predators are nearby and will frequently crow to assert his territory.