Do i have a rooster after all. Her name is Eleanor & recently i saw her on the back of another pullet. She hasn't laid an egg or crowed. The black one

[My backyard beauties]

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

You can call him Elwood. How old is he?

 

[MysteryChicken]

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That is indeed a Cockerel.

 

[Fluffy_Butt_Hutt]

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He has some male tail feathers! Seems like he's not being mean to the ladies, so congrats you got a good roo

 

[jbj25]

Definitely a male.

 

[Briarhopper Ranch]

Just be happy that he’s so quiet. Plenty of cockerels love to hear themselves sing. Handsome bird!

 

[My backyard beauties]

Can someone please help me figure my austrolorp out. Is this a

You can call him Elwood. How old is he?

Hes 6 months... thanks for the suggested name but I may keep it Eleanor the Rooster lol. Here's what I don't understand. 6 chicks were given to me from a classroom 4H project. From that group I have 4 amazingly sweet Leghorns & a large beautiful rooster. Then this one starts getting on my hens. I know now that I have 2 roosters but what I don't know is why would the dominant rooster allow this to happen??? This is my first flock. Thanks for any insight

 

[My backyard beauties]

Just be happy that he’s so quiet. Plenty of cockerels love to hear themselves sing. Handsome bird!

Thank you, he really is beautiful & very sweet. Both of my roosters are. I just figured that they would fight if I had 2 roosters.

 

[FrostRanger]

Can someone please help me figure my austrolorp out. Is this a

Hes 6 months... thanks for the suggested name but I may keep it Eleanor the Rooster lol. Here's what I don't understand. 6 chicks were given to me from a classroom 4H project. From that group I have 4 amazingly sweet Leghorns & a large beautiful rooster. Then this one starts getting on my hens. I know now that I have 2 roosters but what I don't know is why would the dominant rooster allow this to happen??? This is my first flock. Thanks for any insight

Every bird is different. Some roos are more tolerant of other roos mounting the hens than others. Some won't have it and others simply do not care. Also if they are only 6 months old they are still cockerels and not fully mature roosters and they do act a bit differently

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

The fact you have another rooster might explain why he’s not crowing as well. Often the subordinate rooster won’t crow unless the dominant one is gone. That’s how I discovered I had two roosters once