My Rooster is depressed and embarrassed

[aart]

Ashley looks to be a silver laced Wyandotte.

Agrees, SLW.
Had one this spring that was schooling the cockerel before she even started laying.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I think it is a rite of passage, it could be he was picking on younger hens and it made him feel good, but then when he tried the older hen she taught him what's what. As he gets older, he will learn there is more of a courtship to it and find ways to do the dance, and offering food to the hens, he is not a man until he offers treats, if he runs in and snatches food to eat himself, then he is not a man yet. Now he knows.

 

[nightowl223]

"Roosters have no concept of being embarrassed."

I truly must disagree. I had one nearly adult roo (around this fellow's age) that got his butt kicked by an older rooster in front of the whole rest of the flock, and he ended up hiding in a corner of the coop, refusing to eat or even move. I had to remove him, hand feed him for several days, slowly reintroduce him first to a very timid pullet, then another, a bit at a time for a few days at first. I literally had to build up his self-esteem again.

After a couple of months, you'd never know there had been a problem, but I know for certain that roos do, absolutely, have a concept of embarrassment. I believe what I saw with my own eyes.

 

[nightowl223]

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

You are only partly correct. A male chicken is always a cockerel. A cockerel below a year old is a roo, and over a year, he is a rooster. A female pullet, though, is indeed a pullet until a year old.

 

[The Moonshiner]

You are only partly correct. A male chicken is always a cockerel. A cockerel below a year old is a roo, and over a year, he is a rooster. A female pullet, though, is indeed a pullet until a year old.

A male chicken is a cockerel until he is a year old then he is a rooster or cock. He is never a "roo".
Females are pullets until a year old then they are hens.

 

[The Moonshiner]

"Roosters have no concept of being embarrassed."

I truly must disagree. I had one nearly adult roo (around this fellow's age) that got his butt kicked by an older rooster in front of the whole rest of the flock, and he ended up hiding in a corner of the coop, refusing to eat or even move. I had to remove him, hand feed him for several days, slowly reintroduce him first to a very timid pullet, then another, a bit at a time for a few days at first. I literally had to build up his self-esteem again.

After a couple of months, you'd never know there had been a problem, but I know for certain that roos do, absolutely, have a concept of embarrassment. I believe what I saw with my own eyes.

It's fine to disagree.
IMO what you describe has nothing to do with being embarrassed.
Embarrassment is beyond their scope. Its easy to project human emotions onto them though.

 

[gimmie birdies]

They finally accept roo in scrabble, -the Joey type. If anyone wants to say roo, I will know they are not talking about a joey and I am not upset by it.

Happy New year to all!

 

[aart]

They finally accept roo in scrabble

Scrabble(online) accepts a lot of words not in the dictionary.

 

[RodNTN]

Haha Pecker got what was comin' to him! One of my cockerels tried to mount a hen who was boss, and got flogged for it. He hasn't fooled with that hen since.

Poor Pecker will get over himself pretty soon

 

[nightowl223]

Scrabble(online) accepts a lot of words not in the dictionary.

I hate to disappoint you, but roo is, indeed, in the dictionary.