I have the slowest chickens. The 3 big girls are now 28 weeks and only one is laying. The other 2 show no signs of ever wanting to lay an egg. My 18 week old rooster has not crowed, not one time. He honks like a goose but not in an attempt to crow, he's just talking. He sees me coming outside and runs to me, honk, honk. Gets chased by one of the big girls, honk, honk. Flock of geese fly overhead, honk, honk. He also had no interest in the opposite sex. I would expect him to show some interest in the hen who is laying, at least. Nope. He is a big pretty boy, though. He's already bigger than all the hens.
I'm trying to decide if I want to take the coop divider down that is separating the big girls from the 2 younger ones. I think the little girl will be okay. She is very submissive to the big girls and they mostly leave her alone. They do like to bully the poor rooster though. Maybe I'll leave it up a couple more weeks to see if he starts to act like the big beautiful rooster that he is and hopefully the big girls will start giving him some respect.
I'm trying to decide if I want to take the coop divider down that is separating the big girls from the 2 younger ones. I think the little girl will be okay. She is very submissive to the big girls and they mostly leave her alone. They do like to bully the poor rooster though. Maybe I'll leave it up a couple more weeks to see if he starts to act like the big beautiful rooster that he is and hopefully the big girls will start giving him some respect.
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