What age do roosters have to be to breed

[birdsofthefarm]

What age do roosters have to be to breed? My hans are old enough, at 8 months, but I am not sure if my roo is

 

[ranchhand]

You don't say how old the roo is, and it can vary by breed. I have EE and mixed breeds, they usually start trying at 4 months, and don't get very good at it until 6 months.

 

[birdsofthefarm]

The roo is 5 months old.

 

[cluck-addict]

my 10 week old lakenvelder has been hard at it for more than a week.

 

[Paganbird]

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My son's little silkie "Jack" just started attempts... he's 10 weeks. He looks like he's about to do a leapfrog... and then he kinda somersaults off. (He's not very graceful about it.)
I actually separated him from the silkie hens... I was afraid he's end up breaking their necks!

 

[cluck-addict]

is amazing how the hormones set in isn't it?

 

[jossanne]

I got chicks from my bantam cochins at 7 months old. I don't know when he started mounting the girls, but by 6 months, he was fertile for sure.

 

[milleryardchx]

We got our roo at 5 months old and i wasn't seeing fertile eggs for about a month when he was 7 months old i threw 6 eggs in the incubator 5 were fertile and hatched only one wasn't fertile and thats our RIR that freaks out when anyone gets within 5 feet of her.

 

[beepbeepinajeep]

My EE roo is about 20 weeks (no eggs yet from his sister). He doesn't crow yet, but he has been mounting some of the girls for about a month now. I noticed the bullseye for a few weeks & set an egg about two weeks ago to see if it developed since he is young. It is developing