I finally got a day where I could sit and watch my birds. I was at a friends house earlier with her birds and her rooster started to do some odd things. I came home and decided to watch my own bird and see if he does it too, just to see if it was normal behavior.
My rooster is in love with one of my hens. He takes good care of her and does not give her a hard time. She is the older of my 2 hens, her name is Crackers. Then there is Frightful. Poor Frightful is still too young to lay, but my roo persists on jumping her. Hes definitely is trying to do the deed. Ive noticed whit for a few days now. Neither of the girls go to the nest boxes but persist on sleeping on the ground or under the nest boxes.
Thats not the whole of it though. After an hour of sitting and the birds getting used to my presence, my Roo started doing what my friends bird was doing. The Roo goes up into the nest box and clucks and chirps but wont let the hens go lay up there. He also goes into corners and does the same thing, stomping his feet and chirruping and gurgling little songs with his head in the corner.
Whats he doing? After I saw my friends roo do this and now mine, Im wondering if we have some confused roos.
My friend was having some trouble with broken eggs and we think this might be why, a roo in the nest box. Not only that he is chasing away her hens so they cant lay.
My rooster is in love with one of my hens. He takes good care of her and does not give her a hard time. She is the older of my 2 hens, her name is Crackers. Then there is Frightful. Poor Frightful is still too young to lay, but my roo persists on jumping her. Hes definitely is trying to do the deed. Ive noticed whit for a few days now. Neither of the girls go to the nest boxes but persist on sleeping on the ground or under the nest boxes.
Thats not the whole of it though. After an hour of sitting and the birds getting used to my presence, my Roo started doing what my friends bird was doing. The Roo goes up into the nest box and clucks and chirps but wont let the hens go lay up there. He also goes into corners and does the same thing, stomping his feet and chirruping and gurgling little songs with his head in the corner.
Whats he doing? After I saw my friends roo do this and now mine, Im wondering if we have some confused roos.
My friend was having some trouble with broken eggs and we think this might be why, a roo in the nest box. Not only that he is chasing away her hens so they cant lay.
didn’t pay attention to the date!
