‘A happy chicken family’: Rooster lovingly cuddles his newborn chick and chicken “wife,” farmer says she's never seen a rooster react like this to becoming a dad

Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor

Nov 11, 2026 4:15 PM EST

Is your dad chicken? We don't mean it in the teasing way, like, "you're just being a chicken, bagawk!" We mean, is your dad a literal chicken? If so, you are one lucky chick! Meet Rommie, the loving father and husband, new parent to one, and fantastic rooster.

Roosters are the males of the chickens. They are usually included in coops to keep the female chickens, aka hens, safe and, from time to time, make them mothers. They coock-a-doodle-do in the mornings, and can get aggressive if you pose a threat to their ladies. They don't have the reputation of being cuddly and wholesome farm animals. That usually goes to the lambs, the baby cows, barn cats, etc. However, if you have raised chickens with love, you will find that they are actually very empathetic and family-oriented.

Rommie is "married" to his hen, Lily. His wife recently hatched their first baby chick. Roosters can tend to be aggressive towards newborn chicks, and hens can tend to be aggressive towards roosters because of that, but not Rommie and Lily. These two appear to be the most loving couple and a happy new family. Rommie especially seems to be a proud new dad, making sure to cuddle his new baby.

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Rommie also cuddles his new son close to his wife, in a way that would appear as if he's saying he's proud of his wife and loves her very much. Maybe I'm anthropomorphizing, but I believe Rommie to be sincere. Lots of other chicken farmers in the comments seem to agree.

One chicken farmer said that they hatched a rooster and raised them with all the love they could give him, and he ended up becoming the most helpful chicken father. Several others shared pictures of their rooster also cuddling with their baby chicks and wife. One chicken farmer even said that once her hen passed soon after laying eggs, the rooster father took over the duty of keeping them warm until they hatched. Then he helped raise them and would take them outside on his own and keep an eye on him.

Many other farmers also added that even their roosters, who aren't too fatherly, are still great “husbands.” Apparently, many roosters make sure their hens and chicks from the coop eat first before they eat. One would even refuse to eat anything other than the scraps because he wanted to make sure his coop was well fed. Even if the farmer would wait until everyone ate and then throw more food down for the rooster, he would call the hens back over to give them seconds.

Who woulda thunk chickens were so wholesome? If you didn't know, now you have Rommie and Lily teaching you the heartwarming truth about happy chicken families

Never seen a rooster react like this to becoming a Dad

Never seen a rooster react like this a Dadd to becoming a Dad

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Rommie isn't just breaking the poor reputation of rooster dads, but also appears to be breaking generational curses of TikTokers with daddy issues in the comments. He's showing love to his chick, he is visibly proud of his family, and he is present for them. That's all you need to be a good dad, according to these viewers.

Apparently, Rommie and Lily are expecting more chicks to hatch soon, and we can not wait to see how this beautiful little farm family grows!