Is my Rooster trying to lay an egg?

[SuziQ18]

Dr. Pecker is the best rooster name ever!

Thanks! He likes it too!

 

[andreanar]

Hes showing his girls how and where it should be done! Haha

 

[chicks are life]

My roo would do this

 

[andreanar]

But, if he happens to lay an egg...well that's a different thing altogether,!

 

[getaclue]

When I put new hay in the nest boxes, it's the roosters that "make" the nest for their ladies.

 

[aart]

That was one of the first things I learned about cockbirds.
When I got my first flock (mostly adults) the cockbird spent 30-45 minutes of the first day in a nest talktalktalking away. Later that day, egg in the nest, he never got in a nest again.

 

[lazy gardener]

My roo loves to show the ladies where the best nesting is, and if I put in some fresh hay, he's all over that.

It doesn't matter if the DE is food grade or not, it;s still a huge respiratory irritant. Best to be used in the garden. I occasionally use a bit in the bottom of a nest box, or UNDER the coop litter, but NEVER dust it on the top.