10 week old roo mating!!!!!

[dan_grow]

my about 10 week old roo has started to mate his hens (if can even call them that at this age) dose this also mean he will start crowing soon....

 

[Judy]

I imagine he will, if there isn't another dominant roo there.

Just FYI, it works like this: under one year they are cockerels and pullets. Over one year they are hens and roosters. Learned on BYC, of course.

 

[PepsNick]

That cock sure is young... I doubt it's "working". Boy, thats a lot of testosterone!

 

[dan_grow]

i did have another cockerel around but i removed him a few days ago (he was about 4 months and just started to mate and crow loudly i may also add)

 

[speedy2020]

10 weeks old is too young.

 

[magicpigeon]

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You may think so...but once when I visited this breeders place to buy some silkies and I saw a 12 week old cockerel mating with a pullet of the same age...they were tiny..*shudders*

 

[maggiemooscluckers]

My 18 week old cockerel gave out his first real crow this morning! (Merry Christmas!) I think I noticed him this afternoon making a play with one of the pullets. They are also 18 weeks old and have not started laying. Three of the pullets are starting to squat when I pet them and their combs and waddles are turning a brighter red. I am going to assume that eggs are soon to follow and that the cockerel is now officially a boy and will continue to do the "things that boys do!". What do you think? I also have put a rope light inside the coop so that they will get around 14 hours of light. I want to give them every chance to start laying when their "female clocks" are ready.

 

[gritsar]

10 weeks is about the time my brahma cockerels started trying to mate the pullets.

Get yourself a turken. Impy was trying at two weeks old. The same week he started trying to crow.

 

[IdealisticRoo]

I have a crowing, mating roo that was born on October 19th. He will be 10 weeks on Tuesday! He has been crowing and trying to get up on "his" 3 hens since he was about 6 weeks old!

Attaboy!

 

[Pequena Bandada]

I have a cockerel that started crowing on his six week birthday. He's almost 11 weeks now and no signs of jumping on the ladies. But he sure does love to crow.