Collecting from a rooster

[bantamcrazy]

I have a buff brahma bantam rooster that I would really like to breed with. We have had him in a cage with my hen for 7 months now and he hasn't fertilized a single egg. We were going to try artificial insemination but anytime we went to collect from him he would get really excited half way through but then poop. He did this 3 times in a row and we have up. Is there something else I could try or am I doing something wrong?

 

[SilkiesForEver]

I have a buff brahma bantam rooster that I would really like to breed with. We have had him in a cage with my hen for 7 months now and he hasn't fertilized a single egg. We were going to try artificial insemination but anytime we went to collect from him he would get really excited half way through but then poop. He did this 3 times in a row and we have up. Is there something else I could try or am I doing something wrong?

By cage, what do you mean? Sometimes birds won't breed if they feel confined in a small place.

 

[bantamcrazy]

Well for about 4 months they were in a coop by themselves but then when it got really cold we moved them to a show cage in the garage with a heat lamp

 

[SilkiesForEver]

Well for about 4 months they were in a coop by themselves but then when it got really cold we moved them to a show cage in the garage with a heat lamp

One of my bantam cockerels didn't breed his hens for a few months. I guess it just took time for them to get used to each other. I get fertile eggs everyday now.

Try again when the weather warms up and see what happens.

 

[bantamcrazy]

Alright thank you! Any idea on why he would poop when we tried to collect from him?

 

[aart]

I didn't know you could artificially inseminate a chicken.

 

[chooks4life]

I didn't know you could artificially inseminate a chicken.

You can artificially inseminate any female from a species that produces sperm and eggs as a general rule.

Technically with external fertilizers like some fish you're not 'in' -seminating since it's external but the term is still used in aquaculture, at least in some books I've read.

People artificially inseminate turkeys and other birds, so it might be an idea for the OP to look into how they do that.

Personally I'd be rid of any male who either won't breed or is infertile and not a pet, and isn't super-important genetically, like the last of his breed.

Each to their own I guess.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Sometimes the issue with heavy, fluffy feathered birds is that the feathers near the vent, in both sexes, need to be trimmed. This is where "fashion" of the breed has gone haywire, in my view, for if the bird cannot breed without "haircuts" all around, the breeding needs to change to reduce the feathering on the breed. Just one man's opinion.

The Orpington people have the issue and trimming feathers during breeding season is standard operational procedure.

There are several breeds that are carried on using AI for 95% of the matings. Shrug and perhaps, double shrug.