Broody roosters in bachelor flock

[northerngracema]

We have a small bachelor flock (4 boys) and recently two of them have been acting broody. I've even caught the alpha guarding one of them while he nests and makes broody hen noises. There are a couple other threads on here discussing broody roosters, but I thought folks might enjoy the video. It's uncanny, really, he sounds just like a broody hen.

Broody Roo video

 

[chickenlittle21]

I think roosters do that to show hens where to lay. One time my Easter egger roo yelled at me because he wanted a hen to lay behind the feed can but there wasn't enough room.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I thought everyone’s roosters did this! I don’t think it’s them trying to be broody, but it is pretty adorable.

 

[janiedoe]

Your boy is so beautiful.
I love my hens but the roosters have such personality. If I had to choose one chicken, it'd be my rooster, Doris.
I just wanted to share a pic of a rooster (Magpie) who was good with chicks. He didn't sit the eggs but he called and fed chicks from both his broodies (one of the girls hatched him too) from day one. He was rehomed about 18 mo ago with several of "his" babies. And per his new owner is still a really good boy.

 

[chickenlittle21]

This is Lightning te Easter egger cockerel trying to encourage the hens to lay in the sand box

 

[Weeg]

Wow! Maybe you should put some fertil eggs under him and see if he hatches anything! That would be so cool! I am totally following this thread if you try to hatch with him!

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

I second the hatching and am following the thread!

 

[ella]

I don’t think he’s broody. It’s just like him calling the hens to a tasty treat, he’s trying to lure them to a nice nest. Broody hens kind of scream/ squeal. He’s making a ‘come look at this noise’.

 

[centrarchid]

We have a small bachelor flock (4 boys) and recently two of them have been acting broody. I've even caught the alpha guarding one of them while he nests and makes broody hen noises. There are a couple other threads on here discussing broody roosters, but I thought folks might enjoy the video. It's uncanny, really, he sounds just like a broody hen.

Broody Roo video

Not broody behavior. It is a component of courtship when rooster advertises a suitable nest site. Broody hen do not make the same sound.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I second the hatching and am following the thread!

I third it! Following!