Rooster not allowed on roost??

[Gracegirl16]

When I go out to shut the chickens in at night, the hens won't let the rooster get up on the roost. He sleeps on the floor...any ideas on why that is?

 

[kuntrygirl]

Smart girls. Maybe he's in the dog house? Or in this case Chicken house?

Seriously though....... I have no idea. That is the first time I have heard of that.

 

[rungirl]

Is it a young rooster? My older hens were mean to my rooster until he got old enough to respect.

Lisa

 

[Gracegirl16]

They are all exactly The same age. They have grown up together. I am not sure if it helps, but they are buff orpingtons.

 

[rungirl]

Hmm. Maybe they just don't think he's cute enough to sleep with.

 

[Gracegirl16]

Lol! I happen to think he is very handsome. Oh well...I guess the girls rule the coop!

. I caught him sleeping in a nesting box at one point.

 

[A.T. Hagan]

He must not be old enough yet to put them in their place.

That'll change over time. If it doesn't you'll need to get another rooster.

 

[justinwrites]

at the risk of hijacking your thread. I have a hen who has just decided she's found a better place after several months of roosting in the hen house. 16 feet up in a tree. This behavior started about 2 months after a opossum (deceased) almost had a meal. This has been going on for about a week now. I can't get her down. I"m going to resort to a ladder I think. And then tonight I came out to put them up for the night. She's in her tree, and one of my two roo's is sitting on the rail to my porch sound a sleep!

All I can think is that there must be something bothering them and I can't find it. Ideas?

 

[Ole rooster]

I think the problem is the rooster is just plain 0 hen pecked. His gonads have come into play yet. Mine is the first in at night, the first out, and the girls fight to get a seat next to him at night. The meekest one I have are the BO. They wait till all the fussing done, then go in and have a seat.