rooster behavior

  1. |Aphrodite|

    My rooster’s ‘favorite’ hen died

    My rooster, hades, had been lonely after his brother left him to go with all of my other chickens. I had tried to get them together but it didn’t work. I took out a gentle hen who was a golden laced wyodnette hen. The two bonded and he never mated with another hen and took extremely good care of...
  2. L

    Why is my rooster beating my hens up?

    We had a fox attack a couple nights ago and luckily all my hens survived, but just in case we repaired all the fences and nearly doubled their height (we think he jumped over). We had also heard that cockerels can also protect the hens so we thought it best to get one. We’ve had him two days now...
  3. SeaAggieShelby15

    Should we introduce a new rooster to our flock?

    We recently gave away our Star Spangled Hamburg because he was spurring and scaring me, as well as attacking some of the sweet hens we have. But our hens are confused and broody even without an egg underneath them. They have been pecking each other and making very loud noises and very anxious...
  4. TNchickenmama

    Adding new pullets to current coop...

    Since the coons wiped out my flock, I am left with ONE hen and my a$$hole rooster Cogburn. (I also have 2 rabbits in pen, it’s large.) I got 6 new pullets yesterday from my neighbor. I use “pullets” loosely since some of them do look like they may be cockerels. He said they are abt 12 wks old...
  5. Laura lim

    My rooster kind of acts like a hen.

    Ok so this guy is 3 months old. And he actually acts a lot like a hen. He is a fravolles. He likes to sit in a nesting box with the the fravolles hen behind him like a lot. he will a lot of times be in the nesting box and she will be out of it still close by. The other hens pick on him and his...
  6. Saaniya

    Can Chicken Live Seperately ?

    Just i'm curious to know .. my roosters becomes little angry lol ..they are fighting wing flapping in free range and even in their box injured each other comb so we seperate them into different boxes from yesterday . they are still 2gether in free range only live seperately .. so is it okay????
  7. Kristan1424

    Hen or Rooster... HELP!

    We are new to the chicken world and are having fun with two new chicks in our backyard. We have built a cool coop/run and as then are getting older one is starting to "crow" at sunrise and then every hour or so after until the sun is officially up. We can't tell if our Easter Egger Hen is...
  8. Nancy H

    Rooster/hen cat fight

    I have one rooster and seven hens. They were hatched and raised in the same multi rooster group and have been with me for six months as a group. It's been a lovefest until 3 days ago. I LOVE the rooster, who is RIR/Americauna and has always been very gentle and terrific at watching for hawks (a...
  9. Lazy Farmer

    Too Many Roos = Less Fertile Eggs :(

    Just candled an incubator. 16 duds! We hatch and rehome chickens, Roosters are unwanted by almost everyone. All mature pullet's have hit the road jack.. Now we are at the crossroads once again. Time to cull. High time. 7 unwanted roos just reached breeding age, free ranging with my vip's. Our...
  10. theuglychick

    Monogamous Rooster?

    I have been on a life quest to find a gentlemanly rooster- the criteria being good with the girls and doesn't attack people. Note: Monogamy was NOT in the criteria. Well, after going through 6 roosters in the past few years, I have one (so far) who is, for my situation, a very good boy. I...
  11. Then I Will

    Premature Crowing in 8 week old cockerel

    Hi All, I have an EE cockerel who is around 8 weeks old right now. Two weeks ago I heard him make an odd croaking sound from around the corner and all of the other birds tore off for the coop in fright!! I wondered if he had been trying to crow. This week, I caught him in the act! On video...
  12. MilesFluffybutt

    Behaviorally challenged cockerel

    So I have one of my cockerels (13 weeks old) in time out for being a real d-bag - feather pulling and harassment. He's on day 2, and honestly, the flock has been so peaceful. He's in a bachelor pad all by himself. I've blocked his line of sight to the other birds as best as I can, but I'm sure...
  13. allisonrbaker

    Jealous Roo?

    Does anyone have experience with a jealous rooster? What I mean is if I pick anyone up other than him, he appears to get upset. Not to the point of "attack" or injury but he will pace underfoot until I put the other, attention-thief chicken down and then proceeds to peck or pull the offender's...
  14. KelsiJH

    Rooster attacking new ducks

    I have 8 hens (mix of RIR and BO) and one RIR rooster who are all about 16 weeks old. I have 1 male Rouen who sadly lost his duck friend to a predator earlier this summer, so I got 2 new ducks to keep him company. They are about 6 weeks old and I've had them in the coop for 3-4 weeks with...
  15. wthspirit

    Should I swap my rooster?

    I have a young rooster (Marshmallow) who is second only to his dad (Pablo). His dad can be very protective of flock (won't let Marshmallow mate). Marshmallow is a real sweetie, no worries with his behavior towards us or pullets but he chases down and mounts two of our three female ducks each...
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