Is this Sweet rooster’s behavior normal?

[Aunt Angus]

Oh no!!! At least he’s tiny!
We have had to get rid of some that were just plain awful we just couldn’t risk them poking our kids eyes out or something.

I totally understand. If my kids were small, I'd probably not have him anymore because he can fly. But my kids are all adults and over 6ft tall.

 

[3KillerBs]

It's normal behavior -- just like a human man househunting, he's in there saying "Honey, I've found a good one here. What do you think?"

 

[SueT]

It is normal behavior. I have a rooster that does the same. And when I added a new nest box, he checked it out first to make sure it was okay, then called all the girls over to admire it. They adore him!

 

[Silkie Princess]

I have had many chickens in the past and have had some mean roosters and some okay roosters but I have never EVER had a rooster as sweet as my Eagle. We got him as a chick from Tractor Supply he is a year a half now and has fathered many chicks. Sweet and simple- he is my favorite

I have always loved seeing him behave- every once in a while when he sees one of his ladies in a nest box he goes and sits beside her as if he is there for support! When she is done laying it’s as if he celebrates with her and joins her in the whole “clucking after laying” noises. But today he threw me off… he was sitting on the nest and making noises as if he was wanting to lay an egg.

Is this normal? Something that came to mind was that I do give the chickens laying pellets along with the feed…could that have something to do with his behavior and should I be giving him something different? I make sure I keep the oyster shells away from him but I honestly never thought about him eating the laying pellets till today.

My roo does it all the time

 

[Mrs. K]

When you have a good one, you no longer can understand why someone would keep a rotten one. When he gets some age on him, raise up some chicks under him, cause they will often be better roosters because of him.

 

[Stephine]

When you have a good one, you no longer can understand why someone would keep a rotten one. When he gets some age on him, raise up some chicks under him, cause they will often be better roosters because of him.

I think the rotten ones are there to make sure we don’t take the good ones for granted…