3 month old rooster already trying to mate?!

[chickenbuttsowhat]

ok i have this young rooster i mean young he still peeps like a baby chick his name is Eagle, i thought it was a hen until what just happen i was sitting down watching my young chickens eat with my ducks i have 2 bantam hens in with them and a silkie rooster who watches over them. I was watching one of the bantam hens who is a silkie cochin mix but she looks just like a buff cochin but with black skin and 5 toes. Out of no where my baby rooster ,who is standard size easter egger mix with a bantam sizzle, mounts my buff hen and mates with her i was shocked

. he's only 3 months old is that normal for a young roo?? i mean he's still my lil baby he peeps still he's smaller then his mama who is a bantam sizzle. My young RIR rooster just started making adult chicken sounds and he doesnt even do that lol. Eagle's father the standard size EE rooster was a horn dog he like to mate so did that past down to his lil son lol just weird. is it normal

 

[CarolJ]

"Boys will be boys"

 

[chickenbuttsowhat]

so thats normal then lol ?! im still just shocked never going to look at young eagle the same way again lol

 

[RichJoyce]

ok i have this young rooster i mean young he still peeps like a baby chick his name is Eagle, i thought it was a hen until what just happen i was sitting down watching my young chickens eat with my ducks i have 2 bantam hens in with them and a silkie rooster who watches over them. I was watching one of the bantam hens who is a silkie cochin mix but she looks just like a buff cochin but with black skin and 5 toes. Out of no where my baby rooster ,who is standard size easter egger mix with a bantam sizzle, mounts my buff hen and mates with her i was shocked

. he's only 3 months old is that normal for a young roo?? i mean he's still my lil baby he peeps still he's smaller then his mama who is a bantam sizzle. My young RIR rooster just started making adult chicken sounds and he doesnt even do that lol. Eagle's father the standard size EE rooster was a horn dog he like to mate so did that past down to his lil son lol just weird. is it normal

I came across your post because we have a roo that is 23 days shy of being 3 months old and he is mounting the hens. His mother is 1/2 RIR and 1/2 Malines, his dad is a Speckled Sussex. I'm flabbergasted .... we've never seen one of our roos begin this young.

 

[amgrb78]

ok i have this young rooster i mean young he still peeps like a baby chick his name is Eagle, i thought it was a hen until what just happen i was sitting down watching my young chickens eat with my ducks i have 2 bantam hens in with them and a silkie rooster who watches over them. I was watching one of the bantam hens who is a silkie cochin mix but she looks just like a buff cochin but with black skin and 5 toes. Out of no where my baby rooster ,who is standard size easter egger mix with a bantam sizzle, mounts my buff hen and mates with her i was shocked

. he's only 3 months old is that normal for a young roo?? i mean he's still my lil baby he peeps still he's smaller then his mama who is a bantam sizzle. My young RIR rooster just started making adult chicken sounds and he doesnt even do that lol. Eagle's father the standard size EE rooster was a horn dog he like to mate so did that past down to his lil son lol just weird. is it normal

My olive egger started mounting my hens just two weeks shy of 3 months. Would he be able to fertilize eggs at this stage?

 

[FrostRanger]

I've heard of cockerels as young as 6 weeks mating hens. It's certainly unusual but it happens from time to time. Some birds are just early bloomers

 

[FrostRanger]

My olive egger started mounting my hens just two weeks shy of 3 months. Would he be able to fertilize eggs at this stage?

As with any other animal, if he's physically mature enough to do the thing, he's capable of becoming a father.

Now whether he should be bred is another matter entirely for people with more experience than myself, although personally I don't like birds maturing quite that early but i'm not sure about if it would cause any issues beyond his chicks being more likely to mature early

 

[amgrb78]

As with any other animal, if he's physically mature enough to do the thing, he's capable of becoming a father.

Now whether he should be bred is another matter entirely for people with more experience than myself, although personally I don't like birds maturing quite that early but i'm not sure about if it would cause any issues beyond his chicks being more likely to mature early

he is going after the girls that are 5 months old and already laying. He doesn't try to go for the younger ones. He has his favorite ones too. This is the first time that I have a rooster and it is so interesting to see his behavior.

 

[MamaPoult]

Yup! Perfectly normal my 2 month boys do the same thing!

 

[user651618]

I have a Ayam Cemani cockerel that's barely six months old and has been mating the hens when the flock roo isn't looking. He's been doing it for at least two months now.