I guess through years of domestication the males "realize" there's no need to "provide" for the girls? Very interesting. - When I bought chickens just over a year ago, I had no idea how much enjoyment I would get from them
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My boys do this too, hey ladies, lookie here.......this morning half of the group followed me towards the barn where i scattered some extra grain....My younger boy kept going back to attract the few stragglers. only when they made it over did he start to eat too....Hi Bruce - Yes, you have to see it... The rooster will literally call the girls over and give them treats. The one I have will hardly eat anything for himself, he gives it all away! If it's a large piece of something, he tears it apart for them.....
When I put fresh water in the pen, he tries it first... interesting behaviors!
Do faverolles roost?!
It seems like a funny question but my two new ones [~6 months old] sleep on the floor, or worse, in the nest box. They poop all over the nest box and then all the eggs the next day get filthy.
How can I get them out of there??
Pretty Kiddos. My girls don't currently have a spot to roost. But when they go in the coop with the laying hens they will have a place to sleep up top. That will involve me processing a couple of laying hens to make room and I just haven't gotten around to doing it. My faverolles roosters used to give the girls things to eat. Hopefully the new boys will when they come up here to breed with the hens eventually. We will see I still need to go look at them. Hoping to do it sometime on Thursday or Friday or possibly next week when my exams are done with.
All my girls do. The little Cubalayas get pushed around during the "Hey, I want to sleep there" antics but after others are settled they will try to get where they want to be, including shoving themselves under other birds to get by if they can. The bigger birds walk over the top.Seems a little harsh to me.
I would ask if the nest box is lower than the roost but if they also sleep on the floor, I would guess it doesn't matter. Maybe you need to close the nest boxes off for a few nights.
Bruce
Pretty Kiddos. My girls don't currently have a spot to roost. But when they go in the coop with the laying hens they will have a place to sleep up top. That will involve me processing a couple of laying hens to make room and I just haven't gotten around to doing it. My faverolles roosters used to give the girls things to eat. Hopefully the new boys will when they come up here to breed with the hens eventually. We will see I still need to go look at them. Hoping to do it sometime on Thursday or Friday or possibly next week when my exams are done with.