What is my rooster doing?

[Chickassan]

If he's got food he's tidbitting you and he's likely going to mount your feet. No food, he's thinking about kicking your butt.

 

[The Chicken-Boy]

You may also see some of your hens do this!

 

[sannabelle]

So if a roo is standing off my himself and keeps pointing at the ground with his beak is he trying to call the hens over for a snack or to see something he's found?

All my Roos share, but I've seen one in particular do this all the time and have always wondered..

 

[Chickassan]

Yep, he's tidbitting telling the hens he's the place for dinner and dessert.

So if a roo is standing off my himself and keeps pointing at the ground with his beak is he trying to call the hens over for a snack or to see something he's found?

All my Roos share, but I've seen one in particular do this all the time and have always wondered..

 

[sannabelle]

HAhahaha I love it.

 

[andreanar]

Yep, he's tidbitting telling the hens he's the place for dinner and dessert.

HAhahaha I love it.

That's his seductive move to get some!

 

[BYCforlife]

I attack my rooster back if he tries to attack me. He runs away after that.

 

[Crooked Chicken]

thank you they are 17 weeks today and I have been waiting on my 1st egg the
wait is killing me

Me too! I noticed a lot more feathers in the nesting boxes this morning, so hope it's soon. I think the ducks have taken up residence in one box, but I believe they are both males. lol

 

[aart]

One more thing I get that he is hormone raging teenager right now I have seen him trying to mount my girls and they haven't really be letting him my question is he managed to get completely on one of them it was only for like a second but is that a sign that she is getting ready to start laying

With a good mature cockbird, I'd say yes, they don't bother the young girls until they are ready to lay....but a randy 17 wk old cockerel, maybe, but probably not.

 

[lilmarie84]

the question is aimed more her finally letting him when he first started trying none of the girls would let him my red sexlink is the 1st and only one that he has managed to completely mount