My Rooster is depressed and embarrassed

[bobbi-j]

How long till a Cockeral is considered Rooster and can actually fertilize eggs? Im really not allowed to have Roosters but I was keeping Pecker because I wanted to incubate some eggs.

You might be better off getting some fertilized eggs rather than keep an illegal rooster (and potentially lose your privilege to keep any chickens at all). Do you have a limit on how many chickens you can keep? What is your exit plan for the cockerels you will end up with when you hatch?

 

[ChickNanny13]

Correct me BYC Members if I'm wrong but think a male chicken is a cockerel until it's a year old then's considered a Roo. A female is pullet until it's a year old

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

I agree with a couple other posters.
Pecker isn't mature quite yet. He is a teenager who has discovered sex.
Your hen on the other hand is mature and just put pecker in his place.
Funny post but seems you enjoy pecker being a pecker. Guess he is reminding you of your high school days.
Chickens are far different from us. Hens have no concept of being satsified or not. Roosters have no concept of being embarrassed. And neither have concerns about it being over too quickly. They are programmed to get the job done and done quickly.
Breeding for them is just about continuing their genes. There's no sexual assaults in their world.
Roosters want sex, hens want sex but neither want pain. Your pecker is causing havoc for that hen and she isn't going to put up with it. That part isn't about sex its just your pecker being an *$$ in general and hens tend to straighten out young peckers that are *$$es.
Everything going on here is natural and part of growing up in the chicken world. Pecker will come around to seeing things the ladies way and the ladies will let pecker think he's in charge and he will go on to being a rooster and doing his duties.
Sounds like you may be a little saddened that pecker isn't going to be a little pecker forever. All peckers must learn you can't be a pecker all your life or its going to be a lonely life.
In peckers and all young cockerels life its best to give up being a pecker and become a cock or you might find yourself in a pot.

That is a Golden Post of the day!

 

[Alaskan]

Correct me BYC Members if I'm wrong but think a male chicken is a cockerel until it's a year old then's considered a Roo. A female is pullet until it's a year old

yes... except a grown cockerel is also a cock. Often just called a Rooster or Roo.

 

[Hyroler]

You might be better off getting some fertilized eggs rather than keep an illegal rooster (and potentially lose your privilege to keep any chickens at all). Do you have a limit on how many chickens you can keep? What is your exit plan for the cockerels you will end up with when you hatch?

I think you are right.I would really like to get some fertile black copper maran eggs to hatch.As for Pecker he will go to good home.I have a friend with farm that will be glad to take him.

 

[Emi McMail]

I think Ashley was giving him a taste of his own medicine. Roosters need to court the ladies with a little dance then wait to be accepted. Not chase hit and run.
He'll get over it.

Yep, my rooster is extremely rude, and his lack of game doesn't win the favor of my larger hens. I have not seen him attempt to mount either of them, but if he has at some point they clearly made some sort of point that he has respected ever since. I DO worry that "Rusty" will meet his demise by the beaks of some angry ladies, which is exactly how things went for my neighbor's flock. The rooster didn't bother courting his three either, and one day sadly was found pecked to death before breakfast time... Nature can be so brutal, but at the same time, can't say I would appreciate a daily raping either. A lot of my hens really try avoiding it but he grabs and plucks out their feathers if they do not comply. Is there a way to stop this aggression?

 

[chickendreams24]

How old is Rusty?

How many pullets/hens do you have?

 

[Hyroler]

Pecker if back in action.He was dancing for ladies this morning.

 

[Hyroler]

Ashley is Barred Rock on right(with more white than black feathers).She is giving Pecker the stink eye stare.

 

[The Moonshiner]

View attachment 1222933 Ashley is Barred Rock on right(with more white than black feathers).She is giving Pecker the stink eye stare.

Ashley looks to be a silver laced Wyandotte.