Questionable Rooster Behaviour?

[Deo]

I’ve always dismissed this behaviour as something personality-wise but now that a couple of the eggs I was incubating turned out to be infertile I’m getting concerned.

My Light Sussex rooster (1 year old) likes to mount objects like bricks, stones, buckets and even the ground and “mates” with them in a sense? I see some... fluid left on them after he’s done.

Could this be affecting his fertility? Is it normal? I tried removing some of the objects he’d mount a while ago but he finds other things to mount or just uses the ground. He doesn’t do it too often but just occasionally.

 

[adstowe]

I’ve never noticed any of mine do that. How many hens do you have with him? Ages?

 

[Deo]

I’ve never noticed any of mine do that. How many hens do you have with him? Ages?

Since he’s quite young, he gets 2 hens. They were born in the same clutch but have different parents.

 

[adstowe]

That's odd that with only 2 hens you aren't seeing better fertility rates. Are they allowing him to mate? Maybe his "technique" is off and he's not effectively getting things lined up? I wish I had a better answer. Hopefully someone with more hatching experience will be along to offer better advice.

 

[Deo]

That's odd that with only 2 hens you aren't seeing better fertility rates. Are they allowing him to mate? Maybe his "technique" is off and he's not effectively getting things lined up? I wish I had a better answer. Hopefully someone with more hatching experience will be along to offer better advice.

One of them submits everytime but the more dominant one doesn’t. I believe it’s mostly her eggs that aren’t getting fertilized. I just wonder if this is his form of masturbation, although it doesn’t quite click because he does have hens.

 

[adstowe]

Well, with the little perv running around mounting bricks I don't blame her for not wanting to give it up . I'd just give it some time and see if he grows out of it. Not really sure what other option you have. As he matures more she should be more willing to submit and hopefully it all works out. You've certainly got a "special" little guy though