Rooster in Nest Box

[Jharper]

Found my rooster in the nest box, and he started clucking calling the girls over and one hopped in there. I was just wondering what was he doing?

 

[marvun22]

is it cold around there? the box might seem warm to him. also he might be curious because he always sees his ladies in there.

 

[sourland]

He was saying, "Hey, look at this place. It would be a good safe place for you to start a clutch." Sort of the flockmaster version of preparing a baby's bedroom.

 

[chfite]

My rooster often checks out things to eat, then calls the hens over to eat it. He might have just been checking it out for her.

Chris

 

[snowstar5]

please go to new posts and look for my name

 

[jtbrown]

I have a rooster (buff orp, so not a small fella at all), who routinely takes his girls to the nest boxes and carries on -- even singing the egg song. I dunno, maybe one of his "harem" isn't laying eggs and he is trying to entice her. Silly boy, looks really funny in that tiny nest box!

 

[centrarchid]

He was saying, "Hey, look at this place. It would be a good safe place for you to start a clutch." Sort of the flockmaster version of preparing a baby's bedroom.

This on the mark. A hen coming into lay behaves differently making dominant rooster inclined to behave as yours did. Behavioral change in hen is at least partially a vocalization. Rooster is suggesting a location that is good for chick survival and that he knows about. With my free-ranging birds the rooster takes a role in brood care by distracting predators and knowing where nest is helps him with that.

 

[Jharper]

Well my new EE pullet has not started laying yet, but it should be anyway now. Do you think this is why?

 

[centrarchid]

Rooster's behavior is indicative of somebody getting ready to start laying.

 

[LoveChickens123]

don't worry mine does the same thing