Why is my 2 month old Cockerels mounting my pullets?

[Harun]

My Cream Legbar cockerel is about 2 months and a few weeks old and he’s already trying to mount the pullets he lives with. Is this normal? He’s nowhere near the age to start mating according to google, so why is he trying to mount his pullets? Is it for dominance purposes? He doesn’t do it often, only when he catches one of his pullets laying down.

 

[sourland]

Some just get there quicker than others. If he starts causing problems, separate him from the flock until the pullets start laying.

 

[DobieLover]

He’s nowhere near the age to start mating according to google, so why is he trying to mount his pullets?

He must not have done his research...
He's at about the right age for these Shenanigans.
I would give him his own space until the pullets are older and ready for him.

 

[Harun]

Some just get there quicker than others. If he starts causing problems, separate him from the flock until the pullets start laying.

It’s weird to see the cockerel mounting at such a small age and size. They’re all really small.

 

[Harun]

He must not have done his research...
He's at about the right age for these Shenanigans.
I would give him his own space until the pullets are older and ready for him.

Do Bantams start mating at a younger age? Because he was sorted with multiple Bantam chicks of different breeds.

 

[DobieLover]

Do Bantams start mating at a younger age? Because he was sorted with multiple Bantam chicks of different breeds.

The three boys I had seemed to start a bit earlier than the LF cockerels.

 

[sourland]

In my experience bantam cockerels mature as far as crowing and mating earlier than large fowl cockerels.

 

[Harun]

In my experience bantam cockerels mature as far as crowing and mating earlier than large fowl cockerels.

That’s good to know.

 

[Harun]

In my experience bantam cockerels mature as far as crowing and mating earlier than large fowl cockerels.

I have another question. I saw my cockerel attacking my barred rock pullets and my Dutch bantam pullet. He hasn’t seen them in three days because I slept over another house and brought him with me. Does he not remember them? There has to be a reason why he’s doing this.

 

[aart]

I've had CL mixes, they were incredibly precocious, crowing, mounting, fighting at a very young age.