Why does my rooster squat?

[barefootgirl123]

I’ve seen this question asked several times, and almost always it turns out the ‘rooster’ was in fact a hen. I am 100% sure mine is a rooster, he is full grown (32 weeks), full comb, significantly larger than my hens, and has never laid an egg. Since we have a commercial table egg laying operation, roosters are not allowed in the flock, so we had to remove him when we found him. He’s been hanging out around our house for the past month or 2, by himself. I’ve always been the one to feed him. Lately when I call him, he comes running up to me and squats right in front of me. I’m guessing this is a true submission squat, he sees me as the dominant now?

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Probably a

 

[TheTwoRoos]

Hen

 

[barefootgirl123]

Hen

We have 38,000 hens. This one is NOT a hen, I thought I made that clear. They stand out quite obviously.

 

[snow5164]

A soft hearted , very gentle rooster raised by 38,000 hens of course he’s submissive what chance did he have ??

 

[RodNTN]

Do you happen to have a picture of him? I am guessing any male would be submissive if he lived with 38,000 females...

 

[Pugsabi]

He's just very secure with his masculinity!

 

[pennyJo1960]

a photo yes as Rod mentioned

 

[JedJackson]

I've had a couple of RIR roosters do that in the past. One RIR outgrew that behavior and the other never did. He was very gentle and got picked on a lot by the other chickens, hens and roosters alike. I am not sure what it was about. He was probably traumatized early in his life. He eventually got his own little mini coop and I put a couple of young pullets with him and he was in hog heaven after that. But he still squatted when I was around, sometimes.

 

[Naser]

If there is anyway predators can get to your hens remove this rooster, he is an easy target for predators and if a predator tastes the meat it will do anything to get your hens