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I need a little info please...I have a 10 month old paint silkie roo who has some gender confusion issues. He crows but he also does what sounds like an egg song. He stays close to the girls and will snuggle with them but has not ever (that I've seen) done his duty with the ladies. He's very calm and mild mannered and I really like him but I need him to fertilize some eggs. He's in with two hens and has been for about 3 weeks. Is there a way to get rooster to step up to the plate? Any ideas?
 
Missyktsm said:
I need a little info please...I have a 10 month old paint silkie roo who has some gender confusion issues. He crows but he also does what sounds like an egg song. He stays close to the girls and will snuggle with them but has not ever (that I've seen) done his duty with the ladies. He's very calm and mild mannered and I really like him but I need him to fertilize some eggs. He's in with two hens and has been for about 3 weeks. Is there a way to get rooster to step up to the plate? Any ideas?
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I can only offer that the last rooster I had sang the egg song too. Like a lot.
 
Missyktsm said:
I need a little info please...I have a 10 month old paint silkie roo who has some gender confusion issues. He crows but he also does what sounds like an egg song. He stays close to the girls and will snuggle with them but has not ever (that I've seen) done his duty with the ladies. He's very calm and mild mannered and I really like him but I need him to fertilize some eggs. He's in with two hens and has been for about 3 weeks. Is there a way to get rooster to step up to the plate? Any ideas?
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The egg song is also a song they sing when there is danger around. So if they see a hawk, dog, raccoon, fox, etc., they will sing it. Sometimes I will have a hen or roo sing it because I startle them with a loud noise or something falling near them. So when a rooster does it, it's because he senses danger - OR because a hen does it and he sings along just in case.

As for getting him to step up to the plate... toss another rooster in there for a bit (a younger one) or maybe a new hen or two. Roosters will usually start to step up when he needs to assert his dominance over the flock. And that means either putting a new hen in her place, or fighting for top spot with a new rooster. If neither of those options are available, take one of his hens out for a while (a couple of weeks or so) and then put her back in. He'll think of her as a new hen, try putting her in her place, and that will probably mean mating with her.
 
Missyktsm said:
I need a little info please...I have a 10 month old paint silkie roo who has some gender confusion issues. He crows but he also does what sounds like an egg song. He stays close to the girls and will snuggle with them but has not ever (that I've seen) done his duty with the ladies. He's very calm and mild mannered and I really like him but I need him to fertilize some eggs. He's in with two hens and has been for about 3 weeks. Is there a way to get rooster to step up to the plate? Any ideas?
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separate him for a few days, he should be eager to get back to his job of fertilizing. I think that would be easier than doing the same thing with a hen, the hens would have all have to reestablish their pecking order
 
farmerChef said:
separate him for a few days, he should be eager to get back to his job of fertilizing. I think that would be easier than doing the same thing with a hen, the hens would have all have to reestablish their pecking order
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It was only in with two hens. Not much of a pecking order to reestablish.
 
GAM that's fantastic!! Post pics when you can so we can see the diff. I'm worried I won't be able to tell mine apart. You know- cause I got nothin else to worry about right now so I have to think of something! ;)
 
So, my Mallard girl had a great stash going until all that rain last week flooded her nest- it's still underwater.

So she made a new one.. Yesterday it had three eggs, and today four. It just cracks me up because as well as she camouflaged it last time, this time she said, "ah forget it!".. This one is literally four feet from our porch steps where dogs, cats, chickens and people are constantly going by. Silly girl.. :gig

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