How do chickens mate?

[koifarm]

chickensducks&agoose :

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Okay, honestly, I find that disturbing, and really, un-romantic...

Well gosh, maybe you could consider some good wine, a candle or two and some Barry White on the sound system.....
Sorry, I had to chuckle on that one......perfunctory mating is kinda unromantic but it's a fact of farm life.....
Well, now that I think about it though, the roo usually does his "I'm cool and ready to mate" dance and strut before mating so that could be construed as "foreplay" or romantic overtures maybe....​

 

[The Chicken People]

Well my roo is new(6 months old) and I see stuff flying all over the hens when they mate! I thought it would take more practice but I cracked a double yolker the other day and both yolks had the bulls eye on them...would that have made twins?

 

[onegoldhen]

Thank you Cocoaskin where ever you are now to start this thread. It was a question that I wanted to ask. I mean I kind of know that the only reason the roo would be soo unromantic at times was the mating process. However how the fertilization process I could not figure out. I'm glad I did not ask the question right out. The read was more fun than a text book. Search engines are nice.

 

[Iheartchicks<3:)]

chickensducks&agoose :

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Okay, honestly, I find that disturbing, and really, un-romantic...

 

[pointtwpwhisper]

I have watched our rooster jump on the hen but just where does he mate at and how? He is no where near the hens area of tail feathers. I see him biting the hens neck.
Am I just that stupid????? I have never thought about them mating one on one, I always thought he did something to the eggs after they were laid.
As you can see, I am very new to this.

Hope you can answer this question.

Thanks
Marti

 

[Sharon2012]

Welcome Marti!
Roosters are contortionists it seems. And maybe your rooster didn't quite finish what he started while being watched, Shy maybe?

 

[Sharon2012]

My chickens are 13 weeks old and there are quite a few feathers in the pen, Could this be from mating or molting?

 

[Chickenfan4life]

My chickens are 13 weeks old and there are quite a few feathers in the pen, Could this be from mating or molting?

Most likely molting.

 

[mamachikof3]

Considering the mechanics involved, it's incredible that chickens are able to reproduce. The rooster doesn't have any body parts to insert into the hen. Instead, he has to bend his body as he stands on the back of the hen so that his back opening -- his cloaca, the same opening where his poop comes out -- touches the hen's cloaca. It's actually called a cloacal kiss, and that brief touch is all that's necessary for the rooster to pass his seed into the hen. The hen is able to store the rooster's sperm to fertilize several of her eggs that will be laid over the next week or so.

wow, I never knew that.. Thank you teaching those of us that are new to raising chickens!

 

[massiedi]

Very interesting ... Never knew that either. I have 10 hens and one rooster. They are all super heathy and happy ... but several of the hens are missing feathers in a small spot on their backs. Does the rooster scratch their feathers off when he stands on their back to mate???