Katakornchicks
Songster
- Oct 6, 2021
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I've raised chicks twice now. The first time, I had one rooster and 2 hens in the bunch that I introduced to the flock of adult hens. All 3 were bantams and raised together from the start. The one rooster was a frizzle bantam. Whats interesting about him, is that he never ever exhibited any kind of mating behavior towards the 2 hens he was raised with. (They werent technically related, they were 3 entirely different breeds from tractor supply). I saw him mate with every single hen in the flock, or saw the little "bullseye" in the egg and knew the deed was done. But I never saw him get with the 2 bantams. To make this even more interesting, the hens he was going after were standard size so it was quite the task for him to attempt to mount some of the larger ladies. He also would hang out with his 2 "sisters" all day, give them treats, etc. He would only leave them to mate with a big hen, then immediately run back to the 2 little ones. Is it normal that he didn't want to mate with hens he viewed as siblings, or was he just an extraordinary gentleman? Was I because the 2 bantams were not as sexually mature as the older hens? (But I mean, they were of egg laying age...)
Fast forward a few months. My beloved gentleman rooster was killed by a possum. I decided to raise his children from all the eggs he left behind fertilized from his hens. I ended up with 4 of his sons and 2 of his daughters. Again, all raised together. The SAME THING is happening. The 4 boys go after all the big hens, but leave their 2 sisters alone. They hang out with their sisters, then go mate with the big hens. Did my rooster pass down a 'gentleman gene' of sorts? Will they eventually get around to their sisters? Or do they just like big feathers butts and they cannot lie? I must know. Tell me if any of you have experienced this.
Fast forward a few months. My beloved gentleman rooster was killed by a possum. I decided to raise his children from all the eggs he left behind fertilized from his hens. I ended up with 4 of his sons and 2 of his daughters. Again, all raised together. The SAME THING is happening. The 4 boys go after all the big hens, but leave their 2 sisters alone. They hang out with their sisters, then go mate with the big hens. Did my rooster pass down a 'gentleman gene' of sorts? Will they eventually get around to their sisters? Or do they just like big feathers butts and they cannot lie? I must know. Tell me if any of you have experienced this.
my rooster was dancing to his own kid and she wasn’t having it 
