Rooster problems

[TammyTK]

Will Roosters try to mate with other roosters, I have a blue Cochin that everyone told me is a rooster but my other roosters keep trying to mate with him, would they try if it was a rooster?

 

[The Coop Crew]

I don’t believe roosters try to mate with other roosters but I could be wrong. Maybe the blue Cochin isn’t really a rooster?

 

[TammyTK]

I’m really hoping

 

[LaFleche]

Will Roosters try to mate with other roosters, I have a blue Cochin that everyone told me is a rooster but my other roosters keep trying to mate with him, would they try if it was a rooster?

Post a picture of the blue Cochin for us.

How old are they and are they all of the same age?

Cockerels with raging hormones might try to force themselves on males that are younger and not yet as developed and lowest ranking.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Sometimes they will, usually to show dominance to a younger misbehaving male. But it's usually uncommon, not a daily thing

 

[TammyTK]

Post a picture of the blue Cochin for us.

How old are they and are they all of the same age?

Cockerels with raging hormones might try to force themselves on males that are younger and not yet as developed and lowest ranking.

 

[TammyTK]

All 13 weeks

 

[TammyTK]

Current picture

 

[Ridgerunner]

Will Roosters try to mate with other roosters,

Mating with chickens is not just about fertilizing the eggs. It is a dominance thing. The one on top is dominant over the one on the bottom. One if the first things my roosters typically do when I let them out in the morning is mate one or two hens. That shows the flock that they are still the dominant rooster.

I've seen a dominant cockerel or rooster "mate" another lower-ranking cockerel to show that he is dominant. In a roosterless flock I've seen a dominant hen mate with a pullet to show her dominance. That is full mating behavior, including touching vents. I don't see it a lot but I do see it.

This does not mean the rooster or hen is weird or bent, it just means they are dominant.