Anyone else's rooster do this...

[BigBlueHen53]

You're experiencing CHICKEN MATH big time, my friend! I only planned to have 10. I only have room for 20. So now I have 30.

 

[Floridaboy1084]

You're experiencing CHICKEN MATH big time, my friend! I only planned to have 10. I only have room for 20. So now I have 30.

Problem here is, I'm also a builder, so everything just keeps getting bigger and bigger... I'm currently trying to figure out how to chicken wire the entire yard and over my house... And build this kinda big enclosed dome over the entire property. No seriously though if my butt doesn't quit, I'll be living with the chicken there's always more room though... Until their isn't, I'm not there yet, ok

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Chicken math goes both ways though. For a while I had 40. Coyotes got 3 (37). Some were cockerels and I had them processed for the freezer (- 3 = 34). I had to cull a hen. 33. Hmmm. That leaves 3 unaccounted for. I'll have to think about it. I'm sure I know what happened to them, I just can't remember right now. I'm old, it happens, lol.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Just remember, chicken wire only keeps chickens IN. It does not keep predators OUT. For that you need hardware cloth. 16 guage, 1/2", preferably on a base of welded goat fencing or similar for structural soundness. With an 18" apron extending outward all the way around. And if you have BIG predators like cougars or bears ... go electric fencing around that.

 

[casportpony]

I tried to post the video, but for some reason it's not letting me.

It has to be uploaded to YouTube or vimeo etc and linked back.
They are so goofy sometimes.

We can upload videos to the gallery. Here is a thread that shows how:
How to Upload Videos to the Gallery

 

[SourRoses]

I always hear it as a convo between rooster and hen.
Her: I LAID AN EGG!
Him: YOU DID WHAT?
Her: I SAID I LAID AN EGG!
Him: YOU DID NOT!
Her: YES I DID COME AND SEE!
Him: WHAT COLOR DE EGG IS?
Her: THE EGG IS EGG COLOR COME AND SEE!

Finally! Someone invented a chicken translation matrix and her name is Blue!

he's answering back to guide the hen.

I don't believe this theory anymore, because my current roo has started settling himself in the nest box (XL) and singing right next to the hens. For each and every egg we get a tandem song, but he goes on about it longer & louder. Boys!

they all stare at me like they're going to eat me

Probable.

Every new Jurassic movie reminds us what we're propagating.
"Look it's the really big chicken!"
"Even bigger one come to eat your really big chicken"
"There's the chicken with the stabby wing hands!"
It seems like just a joke, but the longer you watch these fluff balls the deeper that knowledge settles in.
I'll never forget the time I offered fried chicken to some juveniles and found myself caught in the middle of a running feeding circle/swarm.
Don't be fooled by the fluff.

 

[Sanctuaryfarm]

My Speckled Sussex rooster sings the egg song!!! Yes, I wrote that it sings the egg song. Looking it up on Google it says that a rooster will do it to draw attention to itself when a hen is laying an egg... I think it's pretty neat, anyone else's do this???

I have several roos in different hen pens & 2 of my largest, oldest boys sing the egg song. It always sounds like unabashed boasting to me - as if they believe they're solely responsible for the miracle. Much like when my boys rush over to where I'm putting treats down & they start singing "I found treats! I found them by myself! No one else could've found these! I'm the greatest provider in the world!"

 

[Floridaboy1084]

I have several roos in different hen pens & 2 of my largest, oldest boys sing the egg song. It always sounds like unabashed boasting to me - as if they believe they're solely responsible for the miracle. Much like when my boys rush over to where I'm putting treats down & they start singing "I found treats! I found them by myself! No one else could've found these! I'm the greatest provider in the world!"

Now that you mention it, that's actually kinda what it seems like. Like he wants credit for making it happen. That's too funny.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Typical male, lol.

 

[Not-so Slick Chicken]

I don't think mine does an egg song? But many of my birds aren't very vocal about egg time? (I know a couple who are... I see you, Barred Rock who makes it sound like there's a predator alarm every time you want to use the nesting boxes that are completely empty.)

My cockerel was late to supporting his pullets

Very first gal that had the first egg, she tried SO hard to get his attention. Checking the nests, calling, running out to him, clucking frantically, following him. He just kept looking for food on the ground. So she eventually gave up and went by herself.

At some point after that, I started finding eggs (real and fake) buried in the nest boxes. Then caught him in the boxes. Might have been him hiding them, might not have been. (No eggs were eaten or damaged)

Caught him a few times trying to tell the pullets where to lay (both in the boxes, and in the barn. They only lay in the boxes, knock on wood!)

>.> one pullet did not seem amused that he was occupying her favorite nesting box, which she was waiting to use. He was trying to form the nest and clucking at her. I guess he just wanted to be included, or score points.

I have seen him run to check on them when they call, or leading some back to the coop during free range. But, the pullets take care of that themselves, as well.

He's gotten a bit lazy, in his young age (they're 11 months)
But I just started letting the two flocks out together, and he is striking out trying to flirt with the hens next door. They are not impressed with his newfangled dance moves.