Rooster Question: 1 year old EE rooster is stressing out the girls.

[nomes4]

Hey my young rooster is a great bird. Protects his ladies and is mostly mild. This spring he has been very active with breeding. One hen actively avoids him so he has gone to breeding while she is trying to lay an egg thus no egg and others in the nest get busted. Anyone else have this issue? Any ideas on how to break it? We have 10 girls and just him as a rooster but will be adding some of his progeny to the flock in a few weeks.

 

[DobieLover]

Hey my young rooster is a great bird. Protects his ladies and is mostly mild. This spring he has been very active with breeding. One hen actively avoids him so he has gone to breeding while she is trying to lay an egg thus no egg and others in the nest get busted. Anyone else have this issue? Any ideas on how to break it? We have 10 girls and just him as a rooster but will be adding some of his progeny to the flock in a few weeks.

Can you isolate him for a week or so to give the girls a break?

 

[chicksandchores]

Was trying to find a solution for a similar situation myself! My 1yr old alpha Rhode Island Red, Henry, is harassing the ladies to the point of injury with his spurs, and his beta Buff Orpington, Debbie (we thought he was a girl for a long time and didn’t want to change his name!) is harassing them too as soon as Henry’s back is turned!

 

[aart]

so he has gone to breeding while she is trying to lay an egg thus no egg and others in the nest get busted. Anyone else have this issue? Any ideas on how to break it?

Male that old, behaving like that, needs to be separated.... or souped.

Was trying to find a solution for a similar situation myself! My 1yr old alpha Rhode Island Red, Henry, is harassing the ladies to the point of injury with his spurs, and his beta Buff Orpington, Debbie (we thought he was a girl for a long time and didn’t want to change his name!) is harassing them too as soon as Henry’s back is turned!

It's really best to start a new thread...but, get rid of one or both males.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

X2 @aart A year old rooster shouldn't be acting like that. He should be asking the girls permission to mount, and a polite roo won't if the girls don't want to. He shouldn't be forcing, or cornering them. He needs to be separated until the hormones calm down. And when you add his progeny, he may not change because he hasn't raised them. He may not recognize them as his young.

 

[nomes4]

We separated him from the layers during the day and he calmed right down. One of the RIR hens was getting aggressive and was doing a lot of yelling seems that was the issue. He is asking permission to mount and doing much better. Might have to soup the hen.