Rooster "taking advantage" of hens.....normal?

[FloridaChik]

Thanks guys.........I think I will keep him separated for a while until the girls have a chance to recover. Hope their egg production doesn't go down. I know they will lay eggs without a rooster but sometimes disruption in the flock will cause them to stop laying. That's why I kept him in the pen where they can still see him.

 

[dominiquePL]

OMG I wouldn't be able to take it - I adore my hens.

Good decision - keep him separated. Some roos are just too active - he would probably need at least 15 hens

 

[Raven81]

i saw my juvenile (27wk ) dorking roo rape my wee pekin bantum today & she isnt even laying yet. i was too slow to get there & sink my foot up his rear.
its the 1st time ive seen him do this & he has only been crowing for a couple of weeks.
we do have an older roo ( over 1 yr old ) who is in moult atm & he isnt interested in mating.

 

[Delmar]

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I'll go with not normal but somewhat common. Gentleman roosters belong with the flock. Chicken rapists belong in the freezer or the stew pot!

 

[wingsofglory]

Lots of people keep the rooster penned and just turn him loose one day a week with the hens. That way they keep their back feathers in good condition.

I had a rooster like that and didn't know I could manage them this way. Everytime his favorite hens put their heads down to look at the ground he was on them. Tore up their back feathers. So it went on until some hens started refusing him. He beat the s*t out of them!!! I lost my best hen. He went bye-bye then. But if I'd known it was ok to pen him and just let out one day a week I would have kept him for chicks that year until I raised up another roo.

 

[Lisa202]

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This little dance you speak of...is it him twirling around while stomping his feet?

 

[Lollipop]

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Exactly correct !! .........Pop

 

[alcap]

Not normal !

 

[Badbaby05]

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I'll go with not normal but somewhat common. Gentleman roosters belong with the flock. Chicken rapists belong in the freezer or the stew pot!

I agree Delmar

I have 3 roos and all are so awesome with the ladies it's amazing to watch them

Lisa202, yes you'll notice he will drop one side and possible a wing that's closest to the hen and do the "dance", lol. Looks silly to me but hey the ladies like it

 

[Delmar]

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That is one way to do it. They don't all have the same dance, but of coarse the nifty dancers get the prettiest girls!