Need help with Ai

[Onlypower7]

Hello everybody, I have a rooster that I belive to be a hatch. I've been trying to breed him for a while now. He won't mate with the hens by himself I've tried just about everything that includes doing it the old fashion way. I just started the ai method and I think I have everything down beside actually extracting the semen. Today I went through the process and the rooster did a motion like if he had climaxed but didn't get anything tried about 2 times after and got very little clear liquid not enough to scoop up with syringe. Im in northern indiana which might play a part?(it being cold and having snow out) I have the rooster in a pin under shelter and on a diet of pellet with little corn and a bit of Black soldier fly larvae. He is a bit of a man fighter and I read this could be caused by inbred depression which might cause him to not want to breed? Is there something I could be doing different? Are some breeds just harder to extract semen from? Please let me know, and thank you for time!

 

[Debbie292d]

More protein may help. If they aren't on an all-flock, I'd consider it as those are around 20% protein. You could also try treating him with a Vitamin E capsule once a day, and a little scrambled egg for the selenium. Fish would be good too for him/them.

 

[Onlypower7]

More protein may help. If they aren't on an all-flock, I'd consider it as those are around 20% protein. You could also try treating him with a Vitamin E capsule once a day, and a little scrambled egg for the selenium. Fish would be good too for him/them.

Hey Debbie, thanks for taking time to read and reply to my post. I have vitamin e capsules that I take. Could that work? Just cut it and put it in his food, or better to just give it to him whole?

 

[Debbie292d]

Hey Debbie, thanks for taking time to read and reply to my post. I have vitamin e capsules that I take. Could that work? Just cut it and put it in his food, or better to just give it to him whole?

Yes! Around 400 iu or so daily.

I found just putting one of our own in their beak works best because they taste nasty otherwise. You could try cutting it into a small bowl of mash to see if he'd eat it though.

He needs a little selenium too to absorb the E better, so some eggs or sunflower seeds are enough.

 

[Onlypower7]

Yes! Around 400 iu or so daily.

I found just putting one of our own in their beak works best because they taste nasty otherwise. You could try cutting it into a small bowl of mash to see if he'd eat it though.

He needs a little selenium too to absorb the E better, so some eggs or sunflower seeds are enough.

Okay ill try that and see what happens! Thank again!