When will my rooster start mounting and being accurately fertile? He's a OE at 5? Weeks (to young now, I know that) . Thanks!
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My roo started crowing around 8 weeks and he was trying to mate the hens last night at 10 weeks. do i have a special roo? they run from him, and he grabs their heads and then trys to get on them. they don't like it.
I only have two roosters. A 4 week old one and a two week old.
Thanks
Proper / normal mating behavior does not start until birds at least 20 weeks old. Such prior behavior more typical of setting where no adults males to suppress. For me adulthood not reached until birds pushing 8 months and more changes to come until they are nearly 18 months old.
Much of what people discuss as problematic behavior involves juveniles in a "lord of the flies" type of setting. Make an effort to observe adults before making generalizations.
You should probably separate them as the rooster might just hurt them more! Or you could but them some saddles!So i just bought RIR 9 hens and a rooster from some one a few miles from me. When he was getting the chickens for me i noticed that all the hens have severe damage on there backs, neck, head, and wings. I know the damage is from mating, and i feel that the previous owner had them in a very small coop (half of a small shed) and a run that was 1.5 feet wide by 7 feet long and only 2 feet high. when i say the damage is bad i mean some of them have dollar bill sized bald spots some almost twice that size. I almost didn't take the birds they looked so bad.
I have 31 RIR, 17 pullet hens in my flock with 13 chicks strait run and a cockerel, all hatched this year. 9 of my hens are laying and my roo is not into mating yet. I have a big coop and a huge pen for the chickens.
I have the 10 chickens i got today in a separate pen from my flock (for disease control safety).
Should i separate the roster from my new hens to let them heal, or will they heal on there own now that they are in a bigger space?
Will my other hens get this much damage from mating or do i have enough space and hen to rooster ratio?
any help and suggestions thanks
So i just bought RIR 9 hens and a rooster from some one a few miles from me. When he was getting the chickens for me i noticed that all the hens have severe damage on there backs, neck, head, and wings. I know the damage is from mating, and i feel that the previous owner had them in a very small coop (half of a small shed) and a run that was 1.5 feet wide by 7 feet long and only 2 feet high. when i say the damage is bad i mean some of them have dollar bill sized bald spots some almost twice that size. I almost didn't take the birds they looked so bad.
I have 31 RIR, 17 pullet hens in my flock with 13 chicks strait run and a cockerel, all hatched this year. 9 of my hens are laying and my roo is not into mating yet. I have a big coop and a huge pen for the chickens.
I have the 10 chickens i got today in a separate pen from my flock (for disease control safety).
Should i separate the roster from my new hens to let them heal, or will they heal on there own now that they are in a bigger space?
Will my other hens get this much damage from mating or do i have enough space and hen to rooster ratio?
any help and suggestions thanks