Rooster just tried to mate with the other rooster

[cmlew99]

Edith's tail about two weeks ago

 

[cmlew99]

 

[chikkenfriend]

Mounting isn't always about sex/mating, it's about dominance.

I'd never seen that. I have 4 roosters and sure, they square off and they spar, they know the order. But I have never seen one mount another. That's weird.

 

[lazy gardener]

I've had a cockrel try to breed a coffee can before.

 

[cmlew99]

 

[Bailey14]

umm thats a hen my hens have tails like that and i KNOW they are hens because they lay eggs. sorry bunt SHE IS NOT A ROO looks like a golden comet. (like 2 of mine)

 

[krista74]

I agree with the earlier posts. I am pretty sure Edith is a cockerel. He has pointed saddle feathers coming in, hackle feathers at his neck, and the uneven colouring on his wings that would indicate 'boy'.

He looks like a BO, or a BO mix to me.

Why he is being mounted, I am not sure. It may be a dominance thing as indicated by Aart. And whilst I agree with Chikkenfriend that this is not common, I have heard that it does happen occasionally.

To Lazy Gardener - your 'coffee can' post made me laugh. I used to have a dog who was 'in love' with a bucket, so I am not 100% surprised!

A wonderful day to you all,

- Krista

 

[Bailey14]

well the only way to truly see, IS TO WAIT AND SEE if she/he lays eggs and anyway if it is a rooster and they did "mate" then it was a strange form of doninince or it could have been a young rooster mistake