ever seen heard of or have a roo go broody before, or seem like it did

Roos will pick a location out that they consider a `prime' nesting site and coo and fret and pull in straw or wood chips like a hen, but only if they have a hen's attention, `hey, this is a good place for some eggs!' Broody? someone else might have seen something like that.

 

I don't THINK so...
It's usually the hens.

 

hopefully Msbear will chime in. She just recently told me about how roos can be the Rooster or they can be the daddy and that roosters are only fertile 8 mos out of the year. When they turn into daddy their sperm dries up. Again, I hope she chimes in to make it more clear lol....thats just what i remember.

 

I agree w/Ivan3, my Brewster (BO) was in w/the EE flock last night and had a BLRW hen's attention so he kept going into a nesting box and talking about it, while acting like he was sitting on eggs He's a sweety and she was sweet on him...

 

Several years ago I had a white old english rooster go broody. He actually sat on the eggs and hatched them and raised them like a hen would. I also had a black ringneck pheasant do the same thing. Norman

 

I have 1 hen and 1 roo, about a year old. I also have 19 3 week old chicks I ordered from Ideal. My hen will peck at them and chase them away, but our roo will let them follow him around all day. He comes running when I bring them out. However he has been known to attack our dog and our 2 cats.... Go figure...

 

My bantam roo, Colonel Sanders (RIP) was caught sitting on an egg. I've seen him making a good nest area, but the next morning, he was sitting all funny, and there was an egg under him. I wanted to see if he would hatch it, but it was late fall, and I thought that I'd wait until this spring.

I guess i can't do that now...it would have been interesting to see how long he sat on it.