HELPPP!!!!! Rooster

[sarah4hchickens]

I need help. I have a 3 month old ish Ancona rooster and I thought he was the sweetest little thing. He is a very good boy to me, but this evening I tried putting him in with my pullets of the same age (he used to be in there but got moved to a pen with 2 other cockerels.) anyways, he attacked the pullet. He grabbed on to her neck feathers but I grabbed him before he could mount her. He did it again and I put him back in his normal pen. I love him so much and he falls asleep in my arms but what is going on!!! He can’t be soup!

 

[hysop]

It sounds like he was trying to mate her. You can try to put him in a cage for a few days so he can see them and they can see him and maybe the integration won’t be going straight to aggressive mating. But I’m no rooster expert.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I need help. I have a 3 month old ish Ancona rooster and I thought he was the sweetest little thing. He is a very good boy to me, but this evening I tried putting him in with my pullets of the same age (he used to be in there but got moved to a pen with 2 other cockerels.) anyways, he attacked the pullet. He grabbed on to her neck feathers but I grabbed him before he could mount her. He did it again and I put him back in his normal pen. I love him so much and he falls asleep in my arms but what is going on!!! He can’t be soup!

That is normal rooster behavior. He is mating with her, claiming her as his. All roosters will do stuff like that. She is not ready to squat for him, so she will put up more of a fight. No need for him to be soup.

 

[sarah4hchickens]

It sounds like he was trying to mate her. You can try to put him in a cage for a few days so he can see them and they can see him and maybe the integration won’t be going straight to aggressive mating. But I’m no rooster expert.

He has been in a different pen for like 1 and a half months! But he can still see them. I don’t know what to do.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

He has been in a different pen for like 1 and a half months! But he can still see them. I don’t know what to do.

What is the problem with how he was mating her?

 

[hysop]

He has been in a different pen for like 1 and a half months! But he can still see them. I don’t know what to do.

Oh if he can see them and they can see him then he’s just doing the male thing trying to mate but the girls will squawk if they’re not ready to mate as @TheOddOneOut said. Once they’re laying eggs they’ll let him mate with them.

 

[sarah4hchickens]

What is the problem with how he was mating her?

I think the girls are too young, he was a little aggressive and the girls thought they were being attacked.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I think the girls are too young, he was a little aggressive and the girls thought they were being attacked.

Yes...but no need for a soup to be made. You can wait till they are older to introduce them again though.

 

[Featherballs]

I think the girls are too young, he was a little aggressive and the girls thought they were being attacked.

It's totally normal, thats how chickens are, they aren't that young 3 months is like the teenage stage, I call it the uglies, but they are not far off from laying eggs. If you are breeding you can go ahead and put him in, but if you are not wanting chicks I would just keep him separate. If you decide to get rid of him it will not effect egg laying in any way, and if your worried about having a "protector" one of the hens will take over become the "mother hen" no worries here.

 

[aart]

Males become sexually mature around 4 months old.
Females become sexually mature at about 6 months old.
Those 2 months can be a nightmare.
If you want 'cuddle birds', do not keep any males.