Got a Rooster. But not sure?

[Pure Poultry]

How old are all the birds in question and were some of them (which ones?) just added to the flock?

I'm not sure how old the rooster is but he isn't fully grown yet and the hens have been laying for about a year. It is the rooster that has just been moved into the flock.

 

[aart]

Quote: Ok, well, those old girls are gonna put him in his place for a while as he's the newcomer to their territory..... and not a mature rooster yet.
Eventually he should be able to dominate them.

How long has he been in there?
Have the girls ever had a rooster around them before?

 

[Pure Poultry]

Ok, well, those old girls are gonna put him in his place for a while as he's the newcomer to their territory..... and not a mature rooster yet.
Eventually he should be able to dominate them.

How long has he been in there?
Have the girls ever had a rooster around them before?

He has been in there for about a day and none of the girls have had a rooster

 

[Haydyh]

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[aart]

Quote: Oh, give him some time...a day is nothing for an immature rooster(cockerel).
Depending on his age( is he crowing yet? does he have hackle and saddle feathers?) it may take a week to months.
Hopefully they are not beating on him too badly.

 

[Pure Poultry]

Oh, give him some time...a day is nothing for an immature rooster(cockerel).
Depending on his age( is he crowing yet? does he have hackle and saddle feathers?) it may take a week to months.
Hopefully they are not beating on him too badly.

He has both hackle and saddle feathers but no spurs yet. When we let them out and he is alone then he will crow, but when he is in the pen with the rest of them he hasn't crowed yet. He is not getting beaten down to much either so hope all is going to be good.

 

[aart]

Quote: Spurs don't grow out until maybe a year or so....if he has hackles and saddles and is crowing he's sexually mature(or close)......
.........probably won't take long for him to do his thing and them to submit to him.

 

[Pure Poultry]

Spurs don't grow out until maybe a year or so....if he has hackles and saddles and is crowing he's sexually mature(or close)......
.........probably won't take long for him to do his thing and them to submit to him.

He has already been down to business with the lesser dominant hens but the dominant hens just run straight over and start pecking him when he does.