Rooster behavior question

[chickiemama27]

My rooster is a gentleman...he calls the hens when he finds food. Recently on our acreage, he will go find a small space by a tree or the coop and curl up in that space and make a similar sound to what he makes when he calls the hens. He squats down and sit on the ground. Any ideas what he might doing?

 

[SBFChickenGirl]

My rooster is a gentleman...he calls the hens when he finds food. Recently on our acreage, he will go find a small space by a tree or the coop and curl up in that space and make a similar sound to what he makes when he calls the hens. He squats down and sit on the ground. Any ideas what he might doing?

Might be making a nest for them. Telling them that he thinks this is a good place to lay. Usually the roos get ignored when it comes to nest site choices XD

 

[Birdie mom]

Could you post a photo of him doing it?

 

[Cheeki]

My roos take my hens around to look for nesting places. They’ll even hop up in the nesting boxes, show a new layer how to make the nest and then stand guard while they lay their egg.

 

[azygous]

If you listen carefully, the sound he makes while snuggling into a depression in the soil is a very rapid clicking, a bit more subtle than the tidbitting sound. This is the nesting vocal, and he's doing it for himself as much as to entice a hen to come agree with him that he's found a splendid nesting site.

My two roos do this a lot. They especially enjoy jamming themselves into a dark corner of the run, either inside or outside. Sometimes they even get into a nest box and call attention to it as if they only just then discovered the nest and its superior suitability for laying.

 

[chickiemama27]

Might be making a nest for them. Telling them that he thinks this is a good place to lay. Usually the roos get ignored when it comes to nest site choices XD

This is our first rooster. I had no idea that they do that!!! Sylvester was actually an accident. He’s a silver laced Wyandotte, that was supposed to be a hen Anyway, he is so sweet and we are trying to figure out some of his mannerism...the one I posted about was so interesting. My son and I were actually commenting on how it looked like he was actually nesting

 

[chickiemama27]

Could you post a photo of him doing it?

Will try to next time he does it

 

[Ruthster55]

Here's my rooster doing what you described.

Background: Both hens in the picture have been with the flock for a long time and have been laying for at least a year. Neither the white nor the speckled hen have gone broody although seven others in our flock have gone broody and six have raised chicks since March.

The white hen is the rooster's Nº 2 girlfriend. His main squeeze is a brown hen, not pictured. Ironically, the hens that have raised chicks are not his favorites. I think there are breed differences in broodiness, and these two girls are more layers than chick mothers. I think the rooster really wants to see the white hen have some baby chicks!

Apologies for dirty nest box!
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[humblehillsfarm]

If you listen carefully, the sound he makes while snuggling into a depression in the soil is a very rapid clicking, a bit more subtle than the tidbitting sound. This is the nesting vocal, and he's doing it for himself as much as to entice a hen to come agree with him that he's found a splendid nesting site.

My two roos do this a lot. They especially enjoy jamming themselves into a dark corner of the run, either inside or outside. Sometimes they even get into a nest box and call attention to it as if they only just then discovered the nest and its superior suitability for laying.

You just reminded me that my new young cockeral was singing the egg song with "his" ladies the other day! My former rooster never did that. I got a good chuckle out of it. He's not very gentlemanly though. He prefers to be the first and only one to be eating!

 

[chickiemama27]

You just reminded me that my new young cockeral was singing the egg song with "his" ladies the other day! My former rooster never did that. I got a good chuckle out of it. He's not very gentlemanly though. He prefers to be the first and only one to be eating!

I bet this is it!!!!! It’s a very sweet sound