My young rooster is doing the strangest thing.....

[Mraya]

When every my 7 month old BR roo goes into my shed that I keep my feed he squats down on the floor and makes tittering noises. He does this weather I'm in the shed or not. Anyone know why he would be doing this?

 

[chuckachucka]

Do you have hens/pullets as well?

 

[Mraya]

Do you have hens/pullets as well?

Yes and he has been mating like crazy. 9 hens

 

[red horse ranch]

He's calling the girls in because he found something interesting. Sounds normal to me.

 

[chuckachucka]

Ah hah. It sounds very much like he has decided your shed is a great place for them to make a nest to hatch his babies. Good roosters love to try to tell their girls where to lay. They will usually ignore him though!

 

[Mraya]

He's calling the girls in because he found something interesting. Sounds normal to me.

But there is nothing on the floor and when he calls the girls outside he does not squat down.

 

[chuckachucka]

Tidbitting, or calling when a rooster has found something good to eat, has a different sound to when a rooster indicates a good nest spot. The squatting down thing is part of it.

 

[Mraya]

Ah hah. It sounds very much like he has decided your shed is a great place for them to make a nest to hatch his babies. Good roosters love to try to tell their girls where to lay. They will usually ignore him though!

And they do ignore him

 

[red horse ranch]

Who knows what is in those pea brains sometimes.

 

[chuckachucka]

But there is nothing on the floor and when he calls the girls outside he does not squat down.

The first time I found my roo sitting in a dark corner making insistent noises I thought he had gone crazy and decided he wanted to lay an egg! But it turned out he was just trying to boss the ladies around. Roosters love to control everything their hens do, from what they eat to where they sleep. Mini control freaks.