Normal cockerel/roo behavior???

[krodgers]

As I was checking on my flock this morning, I noticed in my other pen, my silkie cockerel was behind my laying "box" crouched down and what appeared to be purring. He kept doing it until I went over and rubbed him. It was almost like he was in some kind of trance. Then I kept on doing what I was doing in the other pen and noticed him doing it again, but this time one of my pullets (his favorite girl) was coming over to him making some kind of calling noise. I just wondered if this was normal behavior. I was thinking maybe he's telling her to lay her eggs there or something. She has laid 2 eggs then quit. She is still very young though so I'm assuming that's normal as others have told me it was. Anyways... I just was curious about his behavior. I have attached the look to the video for reference. (The second video with the pullet coming over will not load.) Any insight is always appreciated.

 

[Daddy rooster]

Mine do the same thing all the time.i thought they were growling.

 

[MillersFarm]

This is very normal for a rooster. He's encouraging his hens to lay saying "Hey! This spot is perfect for laying!"

Whenever my Jg roo would find a box he'd stay in there all day 'purring'

 

[azygous]

Absolutely normal. Roos engage in nesting behavior, too. I have a rooster that delights in setting the girls up by doing is nesting gig in inaccessible corners of the run, inside and out. Sometimes he even does it in a real nest box. A hen almost always falls for his act. Most of my hens manage to find a nest without his "help" though. Sometimes he tries to get a "threesome" going.

 

[Daddy rooster]

I was wondering why the males sometimes sit in the nest.when the girls are laying they're mat will sit close to them an fuss till there done

 

[Chickassan]

The roo here spends more time in the nest than the girls.

 

[azygous]

The video is adorable! All that effort and no hens to admire it. He must be a youngster and they aren't taking him seriously yet.

 

[Chickassan]

He is just a teenager he's six months, but the girls actually do take him seriously "believe it or not "lol! He's my only boy and he leads, defends, woos the ladies...buuut he just really likes nesting. He likes sitting on them, making them I've caught him on eggs before adjusting them like a hen. He's just very in touch with his femine side.

The video is adorable! All that effort and no hens to admire it. He must be a youngster and they aren't taking him seriously yet.

 

[Daddy rooster]

It not uncommon in the animal kingdom.on flight birds the daddy feeds the young.in cats the lion hunts an feeds the young while mama guards the nest.same with us decades ago,daddy went to work while mama guarded the nest .

 

[aart]

He's just very in touch with his femine side.