Rooster not doing his "thing"

[JakRat]

So I have a porcelain d'uccle and he is just so not interested in the ladies. He is a year old and has NEVER tried to date them. Is this normal with the breed?

 

[JakRat]

bump

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

That does seem a little weird. I've never had D'Uccles but I did have a standard size EE roo that was the same way. Only had him til he was 8 months old but he wasn't interested either. I wonder if it just takes some roos longer to hit rooster puberty?

 

[heatherscooby77]

Make sure he's not overweight.................that's one reason they don't do it sometimes.

 

[JakRat]

Hes of a healthy weight. He does his dance every once in a while. He crows, watches over the ladies, watches over the babies, but no, uh, "action".

 

[JakRat]

That does seem a little weird. I've never had D'Uccles but I did have a standard size EE roo that was the same way. Only had him til he was 8 months old but he wasn't interested either. I wonder if it just takes some roos longer to hit rooster puberty?

Yeah I was thinking that too maybe. We have a little frizzle rooster who is on the fast track and at 2 months is already going through the "motions" and started crowing last week.

 

[heatherscooby77]

Are you able to segregate him with some hens to check for fertility? I had a rooster once that I wasn't sure if he was doing his thing, He was I checked for fertility, I guess he was extra gentle about it.

Another thought I had if you have more then one rooster, maybe he is afraid to get caught doing his thing.

 

[leadwolf1]

My two d'uccle roos never showed any interest in the ladies, either...I'm starting to wonder how one goes about getting more d'uccles????

 

[JakRat]

Are you able to segregate him with some hens to check for fertility? I had a rooster once that I wasn't sure if he was doing his thing, He was I checked for fertility, I guess he was extra gentle about it.

Another thought I had if you have more then one rooster, maybe he is afraid to get caught doing his thing.

We have a baby roo, but hes hasnt been around for that long. We only have 5 hens and he has never done his thing with them. I hang out with them a lot and he usually just does his own thing.