Why is my rooster doing this?

[janiedoe]

First I will say that I have two 8 month Old ROOSTERS. They are Not aggressive to people, each other, or t overly aggressive to my 2 yr. Old hens.
One of them chases my 17 and 18 week old pullets away from treats. He doesn't bother them at the feeders, just when I toss out treats & he doesn't hurt them, just chases them away.
The other rooster drops treats for them and dances around them but hasn't tried to mount them.
I'm just curious as to why one rooster isn't friendly to them.

 

[Shadrach]

First I will say that I have two 8 month Old ROOSTERS. They are Not aggressive to people, each other, or t overly aggressive to my 2 yr. Old hens.
One of them chases my 17 and 18 week old pullets away from treats. He doesn't bother them at the feeders, just when I toss out treats & he doesn't hurt them, just chases them away.
The other rooster drops treats for them and dances around them but hasn't tried to mount them.
I'm just curious as to why one rooster isn't friendly to them.

It's possible that one has started mating with your pullets, or at least is picking his favorites. Roosters and cockerels tend to feed their favorites and laying pullets, or pullets that are about to lay.
When the hens and pullets stop laying here the roosters seem to forget their good manners and will barge the hens out of the way when food is offered.
In normal foraging while the hens are laying and when cockerels have relised that they have to impress the hens if they want the hens to crouch for them and follow them the offer any 'treats' they find to the hens. This is one of the ways they attract the hens. The roosters that find the best treats get more hen attention.
There are added complexities but in essence that's it. No crouch, no eggs, feed yourselves....

 

[janiedoe]

It's possible that one has started mating with your pullets, or at least is picking his favorites. Roosters and cockerels tend to feed their favorites and laying pullets, or pullets that are about to lay.
When the hens and pullets stop laying here the roosters seem to forget their good manners and will barge the hens out of the way when food is offered.
In normal foraging while the hens are laying and when cockerels have relised that they have to impress the hens if they want the hens to crouch for them and follow them the offer any 'treats' they find to the hens. This is one of the ways they attract the hens. The roosters that find the best treats get more hen attention.
There are added complexities but in essence that's it. No crouch, no eggs, feed yourselves....

So what your saying is that that crude saying "put out or get out" is for th birds.
Fyi; I had no sooner asked, then I saw said rooster breeding one of the pullets he chased off earlier. I better prep the egg boxes.

 

[Shadrach]

So what your saying is that that crude saying "put out or get out" is for th birds.

I'm afraid so. At the base level all a rooster is interested in is furthering his genes. Some learn to take a more gentlemanly approach as they mature.

 

[chickens really]

The one Cockerel is more mature and is king so he tidbits to win the ladies. The other Cockerel is below him and will take his opportunity to mate when he can.