rooster mating

[micloscrib]

i watch my rooster everyday trying to mate with my hen but when he trys to do it the hens just push him away.
y do they do that

 

[rooster-red]

Must be a young rooster, hasn't established his dominance over the hens yet.

 

[micloscrib]

no hes 2 years old.
i had a different roo but some dumb people took him in the middle of the night.
ive had the rooster with the hens for like 3 weeks now but nothing

 

[Mahonri]

How do you get a roo to claim dominance? New, younger chicks?

 

[rooster-red]

3 weeks isn't enough time for them to sort it all out yet, give them another couple of weeks, they will come around.

A roo will naturally assume the dominant roll unless something is really wrong in the flock dynamics.

 

[Mahonri]

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No doubt, he is still low man on the totem pole.

 

[micloscrib]

alright cool thanks alot.
i was kinda worried.
i thought he might be too old or something.
oh by the way hes a barren rock roo

 

[gritsar]

When I re-homed my alpha rooster my hens took about a month to come around to letting my other rooster have his way. Up until that time he was one frustrated chicken.

 

[Shared Acres]

Yep, one of my roos would grab the girls by the back of the head but wouldn't successfully mount them, leaving just a lot of hair pulling and a ticked off Silkie hen. When she would get free she would chase him around the yard and teach him not to go for it without doing it right!

 

[montcapu]

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smae thing here (except we had to put him down due to aggressiveness toward my kids... did not want to rehome with possibility of something happening)
I had 2 other roosters and the dominant one of the 2 definetly had to put in his work, and some still have not really gotten into it