I'm never gonna get an egg!!!

[andreanar]

Oh thank you so much @pitbullmomma for the laugh this morning! "All that for just touching buttholes!" Bahahaha.
And.. @Chickassan I have also thought they should just back into each other! Wouldn't that be easier!

 

[apryl29]

They say they shouldn't mate in your presence b/c it's a dominance thing. Only the dominant rooster gets to mate w/ the ladies and if he's doing it in front of you and you're letting him it means he's dominant to you. Of course some roosters don't put that much thought into the whole situation, but others do.

Also, my girls started submitting right before they laid their first egg. Before that they'd squawk and run away. So if she's letting him mate then that means she's matured and it will happen soon.

So I had another egg get eaten yesterday. I'm going to start going over during my lunch and collecting eggs to try to get it to stop. There's TONS of feed on the floor so I don't know why they'd go crack open an egg and eat it if they had feed. It's not like they were starving. So my only guess is the egg got cracked and they went for it. Definitely need to break the habit though & unfortunately it's going to cost me some gas $$.

 

[Chickassan]

Now see maybe I'm naive but i don't think the roo gives two hoots about my dominance when he's bumping. I mean obviously he knows I'm not a chicken so why would competition for punany even cross his mind? Not like if hubs and I bumped out there in the grass the roo would get bent out of shape about it. Just one of those things I'll never quite grasp, I'll add it to the millions more things that elude my soft little mind.

They say they shouldn't mate in your presence b/c it's a dominance thing. Only the dominant rooster gets to mate w/ the ladies and if he's doing it in front of you and you're letting him it means he's dominant to you. Of course some roosters don't put that much thought into the whole situation, but others do.

Also, my girls started submitting right before they laid their first egg. Before that they'd squawk and run away. So if she's letting him mate then that means she's matured and it will happen soon.

So I had another egg get eaten yesterday. I'm going to start going over during my lunch and collecting eggs to try to get it to stop. There's TONS of feed on the floor so I don't know why they'd go crack open an egg and eat it if they had feed. It's not like they were starving. So my only guess is the egg got cracked and they went for it. Definitely need to break the habit though & unfortunately it's going to cost me some gas $$.

 

[apryl29]

LOL I wouldn't even consider going at it outside b/c I'm 100% certain there's chicken poop all over the place. I'm inclined to agree about the mating thing. I did chase the boy off if he was being aggressive, like if the girl wasn't submitting, but my boys have learned and the girls will just turn away if they're not interested. I'm much more concerned w/ my boys coming to attack me than what they're doing w/ the ladies. It's kind of cute, when I toss treats in w/ my ladies and my separated cockerel. Even if I give him treats first he'll wait until all the ladies are done eating on their side before he eats his treats.. with exception to cottage cheese. He doesn't "share" that.

 

[Chickassan]

My goodness what a princess won't get down in the chicken poo lol! I agree roos are adorable with their food shareing, mine won't share raisins their his cottage cheese.

LOL I wouldn't even consider going at it outside b/c I'm 100% certain there's chicken poop all over the place. I'm inclined to agree about the mating thing. I did chase the boy off if he was being aggressive, like if the girl wasn't submitting, but my boys have learned and the girls will just turn away if they're not interested. I'm much more concerned w/ my boys coming to attack me than what they're doing w/ the ladies. It's kind of cute, when I toss treats in w/ my ladies and my separated cockerel. Even if I give him treats first he'll wait until all the ladies are done eating on their side before he eats his treats.. with exception to cottage cheese. He doesn't "share" that.

 

[apryl29]

I'm constantly crawling around in chicken poop, but I wouldn't want to do THAT in it. Yesterday I unwrapped a piece of halloween candy and at half of it before I realized I hadn't washed my hands. Still finished it, but figured I should wash my hands before I dug around in the candy bin anymore.
I haven't tried raisins alone. We did get a treat mix that had them though, but anything that is sprinkled gets eaten up w/o even tasting it.

 

[Chickassan]

Ha! You're a woman after my own heart already ate half of it and continued on

I'm constantly crawling around in chicken poop, but I wouldn't want to do THAT in it. Yesterday I unwrapped a piece of halloween candy and at half of it before I realized I hadn't washed my hands. Still finished it, but figured I should wash my hands before I dug around in the candy bin anymore.
I haven't tried raisins alone. We did get a treat mix that had them though, but anything that is sprinkled gets eaten up w/o even tasting it.

 

[pitbullmomma]

Oh thank you so much @pitbullmomma for the laugh this morning! "All that for just touching buttholes!" Bahahaha.
And.. @Chickassan I have also thought they should just back into each other! Wouldn't that be easier!

Well that's what they do, the cloacal kiss! People are really surprised when I tell them roosters don't have penises, you'd think with all that commotion there's be something more going on <cueing up the Barry White 70's mood music>

I just like saying cloacal kiss, lol It's almost as nasty as the word moist...

 

[apryl29]

Well that's what they do, the cloacal kiss! People are really surprised when I tell them roosters don't have penises, you'd think with all that commotion there's be something more going on <cueing up the Barry White 70's mood music>

I just like saying cloacal kiss, lol It's almost as nasty as the word moist...

Then when they're done he jumps off and she shakes and stuff goes flying...

 

[pitbullmomma]

They say they shouldn't mate in your presence b/c it's a dominance thing. Only the dominant rooster gets to mate w/ the ladies and if he's doing it in front of you and you're letting him it means he's dominant to you. Of course some roosters don't put that much thought into the whole situation, but others do.

Also, my girls started submitting right before they laid their first egg. Before that they'd squawk and run away. So if she's letting him mate then that means she's matured and it will happen soon.

So I had another egg get eaten yesterday. I'm going to start going over during my lunch and collecting eggs to try to get it to stop. There's TONS of feed on the floor so I don't know why they'd go crack open an egg and eat it if they had feed. It's not like they were starving. So my only guess is the egg got cracked and they went for it. Definitely need to break the habit though & unfortunately it's going to cost me some gas $$.

I was wondering what the deal is with that! If it was for the rooster or the human's benefit.

The first time I saw my cockerel do that he was chasing my hen down the chicken ladder while doing the humpty-hump-head-pecking thing. I didn't even know what the hell I was seeing, it was dark and I hadn't had enough coffee yet. I was ready to call the cops, lol!

Not only do the neighbs get an ayeful (of the stylin' outfits I wear out there), but they get an earful , too. "Lafeyette! Stop raping her!!!" "Lafayette! Shut the f*ck up!"<scream-whispered at 5:30 AM when I turn the chicken lights on, and 10:00PM when I turn the chicken lights on>. Thank goodness they're simple country folk around here.