Meet charming chickens with free rooster coloring pages for kids. 30 detailed black and white line drawings allow you to create some incredible rooster art.
Roosters are male chickens, but they have a lot of significance beyond that. For thousands of years, roosters have woken people up in the morning and helped to defend chickens from harm.
They are also beautiful creatures with beautifully colored feathers and distinctive poise. If you love roosters, then you’re in the right place!
These 30 pages recreate the farm life for all to enjoy, and you will meet roosters, chickens, and see farm features like scarecrows, barns, and more.
Roosters are interesting to learn about, and you will also discover some interesting facts about them as you color.
30 Free Rooster Coloring Pages To Print And Color
1. Rooster Among Wildflowers Coloring PDF
Roosters are beautiful birds with their stunning feathers that can have an iridescent quality to them. This lovely meadow scene is made even better with the addition of a rooster exploring it.
2. Rooster And Hen Facing Each Other
This scene gives us a great look at the physical difference between a rooster and a hen. You can likely spot the size difference right off the bat, but there are other differences. Roosters have more prominent feathers, bigger combs and wattles and little spurs at the backs of their feet.
3. Roosters Beside A Scarecrow
Lots of birds are afraid of scarecrows, but these roosters seem relatively unbothered by this one. Scarecrows help to keep pesky birds like crows from crops, and they have been used since around 2500 BC in Ancient Egypt.
4. Rooster Beside A Wooden Barn
This rooster is surveying this barn and making sure everything is in order. When roosters are kept at a farm, they will usually establish dominance over the hens and help to protect them.
5. Rooster Chasing A Bug
That little bug better watch out, as this rooster is hot on its trail! Roosters can run pretty quickly, and they’re able to reach speeds of 9 miles (or 14 km) per hour.
6. Rooster Under The Sun
Spending some time in the sunlight is good for everyone, even roosters! Roosters are known for crowing at the crack of dawn, and they help to wake up people around the world. However, they also crow at other times of the day.
7. Rooster Crowing At Dawn
Why exactly do roosters like to crow at dawn? Do they just like to be annoying? There are a few reasons why they crow, and these reasons range from establishing dominance to alerting everyone to danger.
8. Rooster Flapping Its Wings
Chickens are often associated with cowardice, and we will even call scared people chickens. Despite this reputation, roosters are no pushovers. They can be quite aggressive, even toward humans, and they will often attack anyone who threatens them or their hens.
9. Rooster In Front Of A Sunrise
The sun is rising, and this rooster is ready to announce it to the world! Using some rich reds, yellows, and oranges for this scene would help to make it even more beautiful.
10. Rooster In A Fenced Farmyard
A fence is needed to keep roosters inside, as they will try to explore if they aren’t constrained. Contrary to what some may think, roosters can actually fly for short distances.
11. Rooster Leading A Group Of Chickens
Once a rooster has established dominance in a group of chickens, he will play a few vital roles. Not only can he fertilize eggs, but he will also make sure the hens are safe. When threats appear, roosters are known to put the lives of hens above their own when protecting them.
12. Roosters Alert In A Cornfield
These roosters are patrolling to make sure this cornfield isn’t bothered! While roosters do like to snack on corn, they would be unlikely to actually endanger a cornfield. Their time is better spent hunting for bugs and other sources of food.
13. Rooster Looking Up At The Sky
This rooster is looking up at the sky, and it makes me wonder why. You could draw some more clouds or other details in the sky to show why it’s looking a bit nervous in this scene.
14. Rooster With Hen And Chicks
It’s a regular chicken family with a rooster, hen, and chicks. Hens can lay eggs regardless of whether there is a rooster or not. However, those eggs will be unfertilized without a rooster, and these unfertilized eggs are what are used for human consumption.
15. Rooster Watching Over The Farm Coloring Sheet
This scene is one of the most detailed so far, and you could spend a lot of time adding color to all of these details.
16. Rooster On A Hay Bale
Roosters often like to get an aerial view of things, and they will use things like stacks of hay bales in order to make sure everything is in order.
17. Rooster Pecking At Ground
It’s lunch time for this rooster! Roosters have different dietary requirements to hens. Hens need a calcium-rich diet because they lay eggs, but roosters need to keep their calcium consumption much lower.
18. Rooster On A Chicken House
Hearing a rooster crowing can be a lovely sound, but it’s also annoying if you’re a light sleeper. Because of this, it’s illegal to keep roosters in some residential areas.
19. Rooster Resting Near A Fence
It’s hard work being a rooster, and even they need to rest sometimes. Roosters don’t sleep on the job, though, as they usually sleep for 8 hours at night and not during the day.
20. Rooster Running Across A Dirt Path
Look at this rooster go! Adding some extra details would give an idea as to what has gotten this rooster in such a state.
21. Rooster Scratching The Ground For Food
When roosters want a snack, they often have to look hard for it. They’ll scratch around in the dust to see what they can find, including bits of corn, insects, and other tidbits.
22. Rooster Standing Next To A Water Trough
All that crowing is thirsty work, and roosters need to keep their throats nice and healthy with frequent drinks of water.
23. Rooster Standing On A Farm Sign
The rooster on this farm sign looks pretty majestic! You could create the name of a farm and write it on the sign for a personalized touch to this page.
24. Rooster On A Wooden Fence
The fence that this rooster is exploring looks as if it could use some repairs! Still, it makes for a lovely farm scene for you to color.
25. Rooster Weathervane
You’ll often see rooster designs on weathervanes, but have you ever stopped to think about why this came to be? Churches would often have rooster designs on weathervanes, as they referenced the story of St. Peter denying Jesus thrice before the rooster crowed. The shape of a rooster also catches the wind quite efficiently.
26. Rooster Under A Tree On The Farm
It’s a gorgeous day out in the countryside with a happy rooster enjoying it. Using your favorite happy colors would make this scene even more joyous.
27. Rooster And Chickens
These hens and chicks can rest easy knowing that this brave rooster is there to protect them!
28. Detailed Rooster With Feathers
There are so many details to color on this rooster, and you can depict each individual feather. It could take some time to color this one, but the end results would be worth it.
29. Realistic Rooster
This rooster is one of the most realistic we have seen in this collection, and you can look up some photos of real roosters if you want to make sure the colors stay true to life.
30. Rooster On A Stump Coloring Page
We will finish off with one final majestic rooster! With how territorial they are, you may think that more than one rooster could not co-exist. However, as long as there are no hens to compete over, you can have more than one rooster together.After You Color Your Rooster Pages
- Buy some fake feathers from an art shop and stick them carefully on the page to add some texture.
- Draw some other farm animals like goats and pigs to hang out with these roosters.
- Create a cartoon farmer version of yourself to add to some of these scenes.