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Your Alpha Roo is probably preventing him from crowing or chasing the girls. I have a cockerel that will be a year old next month, and he was only allowed to start crowing just yesterday by my head roo, Vern. He is NOT allowed to mate, Vern won't tolerate that.
Vern also keeps Daryl away from the feed, so you might want to make sure yours is getting enough to eat. I give Daryl a handful of something every time I go out there just to make sure. Daryl is dead last in the pecking order, so I don't think he is enjoying living in this flock. I have a surprise for him though, come Spring. He's going to get his own small flock of girls with a new coop and run just for them.