Probably I am being over-analytical here, but is it ok that one of my Sussex cockerels seems to spend more time sitting down than the rest of the chickens do?
They are getting on towards 3 months old. He seems normal enough in every other respect -- he is the heftiest bird in the pen, he consistantly wins eyeballing-fluffing-and-chestbutting contests with the other cockerel, and if you put something new in there he is usually one of the first chickens to go over and investigate it. But he is often a little ways off from the other chickens - seldom right in the middle of the mob - and he often just sits down for a minute or so. Including often sitting down to eat. I have checked his feet and found nothing discernably wrong.
Is this normal enough boy-chicken behavior, or what? I am thinking about using him as Stud Boy for the pen and converting the other cockerel(s) to stew in a month or so, and thus it is kind of important to me to figure out whether there is something wrong with him or not. As you can tell, I know zero about rooster behavior
so all opinions are appreciated.
Pat
They are getting on towards 3 months old. He seems normal enough in every other respect -- he is the heftiest bird in the pen, he consistantly wins eyeballing-fluffing-and-chestbutting contests with the other cockerel, and if you put something new in there he is usually one of the first chickens to go over and investigate it. But he is often a little ways off from the other chickens - seldom right in the middle of the mob - and he often just sits down for a minute or so. Including often sitting down to eat. I have checked his feet and found nothing discernably wrong.
Is this normal enough boy-chicken behavior, or what? I am thinking about using him as Stud Boy for the pen and converting the other cockerel(s) to stew in a month or so, and thus it is kind of important to me to figure out whether there is something wrong with him or not. As you can tell, I know zero about rooster behavior
Pat
