Rooster or Just a Mean Girl?

[ThatTeowonna]

You are correct that is a roosterand the video is breeding behavior he's just started

Dang... that explains a lot.

 

[MysteryChicken]

100% cockerel.

 

[ThatTeowonna]

I just sent the video to the farm where I got the chick as a pullet. He said it could be a hen showing the others who's boss. How likely is that to be the case?

 

[ThatTeowonna]

I'm getting closer and closer to accepting that my Black Copper Marans hen is a roo and there will be no chocolate eggs coming anytime soon...

 

[rosemarythyme]

I have finally accepted that. I've put him in a separate pen from the girls. Even though I really don't want a roo, I feel bad for penning him in. I really don't know what to do with him.

Really need to sit down with your family (if the chickens are a family thing) and weigh pros/cons of keeping a cockerel/rooster.

We handle it simply - we don't want males, so we either cull them ourselves or donate them to places that accept free "dinner." That's what my husband and I decided on when we first got chickens.

 

[ThatTeowonna]

I completely understand. Probably won't cull him, though. I thought about selling him. Just not sure... I'll keep him around for a few days until I decide. Thanks for the perspective.

I contacted the farm where I purchased him. They have 2 remaining. Do you think it is too much to expect a discount on a new pullet?

 

[ThatTeowonna]

Introducing a single chicken to flock brings a whole new set of learning experiences

I would definitely get a least 2. Three is better but I don’t have enough room for three right now b

 

[CluckerFamily]

When I got the chicks, they used a nail to sex them. Have you ever heard of that?

I have never heard of that.

 

[ThatTeowonna]

Nope, can you explain?

I’ll try to recall what they said. They said every living thing has a natural ph force or something. So he held the large steel nail attached to a string above the chick’s head if it goes in a circle, it’s a male. If it swings back and forth, it’s female. Or vice versa. But that’s the gist of it.

 

[ThatTeowonna]

That would be just wishful thinking with an accuracy by chance of 50%, just the same as if you would not do anything "magical" to determine the sex.

The nail hanging by a string will be moving one way or the other driven by the movement of the person holding it.

Since I got a roo, that definitely seems to e the case.