mating

  1. valper

    My Silverudds Blue/Silkie rooster wants my two bantam ladies...

    My rooster just matured and is taking rounds mating all the ladies. My flock is very mixed in terms of ages, sizes and breeds and two of my girls are Ölandska dwarf hens. These were the first hens I even owned and they are about 2 years old but bitty little things. Now my rooster has become...
  2. B

    Rooster not protecting hens from Muscovy Drake

    I have chickens (1 rooster and 10 hens; 8 months old) and ducks (3- Muscovy drake, Muscovy Hen and Kaki Campbell hen; all around 4 months old). I went out today and our rooster was trying to get away from the Drake and was panicking. The drake seems to be intimidating the rooster and I think he...
    • Brittjoyful
    • Thread
    • chickens and ducks drake and rooster mating muscovy drake rooster
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. R

    Trying to over mate?? Separation?? What to do?

    Hello! I have four pekin ducks 2 male 2 female. The 2 males are 8 weeks older than the females (males 22 weeks & females 15 weeks) one of my males started trying to mate with one of my females and succeeded and she ended up allowing him with no fight. The other male and female were not trying...
  4. April and Andy

    One male one female duck

    Hey guys! My two ducks are finally to that age where I can confidently gender them, Andy is definitely a boy and April is definitely a girl. Is this okay? They are Cayuga ducks, and getting another duck is not an option in my space. I got them for eggs, and one of them just was mistakenly a male...
    • April and Andy
    • Thread
    • breed breeding cayuaga duck mating mating ducks
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. DanielleGut

    Chickens mated

    How do I know if my chickens were successful in mating? They are 14 weeks old. I noticed my Rooster only tries it with a certain hen. I've seen him do it a couple times already. We haven't started getting any eggs from these chickens yet. Are they even old enough? The are the reddish/orange...
  6. BrittsChicks

    Call Drake breeding with larger duck

    So...I have a call drake mating with a Swedish duck...Has anyone ever heard of fertilized eggs resulting from a call drake and an average sized duck?... (I have 7 eggs in the incubator and wondering if I’m wasting my time and incubator space)... 😂
    • BrittsChicks
    • Thread
    • breeding call duck eggs fertile incubating mating swedish
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  7. birdlover2

    Having trouble introducing new bantam chicks to the rest of the flock

    We got some new Bantam grow-out chicks (for a multitude of reasons I suppose), but having trouble with the flock accepting them. There's only three of them, 2 hens and one rooster. Thinking it was a mistake to get the roo, as it's making this process harder, but they wouldn't sell me the one hen...
  8. E

    New cockerel

    Okay so I need some advice, we hatched some cross hens and they have fully matured, we have decided to get a cockerel to put with them, we ended up with a Brahma cockerel as we tried a smaller one and they attacked him as he was a lot smaller a younger than them ( they are large birds). The new...
  9. R

    Larger duck attacking mallards

    Hello! First time posting on here :) I have a garden with a pond and for several months there have been a couple of mallards (male and female) spending the majority of their time here. They're very sweet and we have no problem with them being here, I even bought some duck food to occasionally...
    • rebeccavasey
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    • aggresion aggresive chasing and attacking mallard mating mating ducks
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. Q

    Do I need to separate my drake from my ducks?

    We have one Muscovy drake and two Muscovy hens who have gone broody at the same time which dwindles the choices. 1 Cayuga hen, a mallard drake, they have been raised together since hatchlings and are definitely a pair. We added two straight run ducklings about 12 weeks ago. I'm pretty sure they...
    • Quackwacker
    • Thread
    • breeding drakes ducks mating
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. FrostyWind

    How to make my rooster mate with a chosen hen?

    Good day, I'd like to know how I could get chosen roosters to mate with chosen hens? I have a Silkie rooster, if I pick up any female from in the yard, he comes rushing over waiting for me to put that hen down so he could mount her? We got about 14 roosters and 20+ hens. They're all free range...
  12. ShrekDawg

    Orpington maturity rate??

    Hi everyone, I have a bit of a weird question. I was wondering if Orpingtons take longer to mature than other breeds or not??? Like in terms of mating, crowing, etc. Because I have a 5 month old Lavender Orpington cockerel and he’s HUGE size wise but he still hasn’t done any of that stuff. In...
    • ShrekDawg
    • Thread
    • cockerel cockerel maturity crowing late bloomer mating orpington orpington cockerel orpington growth orpington maturity rooster not mating
    • Replies: 57
    • Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
  13. V

    Young Rooster and old rooster fight and don't fertilize egs

    Good afternoon. I am from Portugal and I have 2 bantam rooster and 6 bantam hens. I recently added the new rooster (young). Most of the time they get along nicely, but when one of them tries to mate, the other comes running and pricks the other. One prick and the fight is over. Sometimes the...
  14. KaleDaDuck

    My female quailis being injured by my male quail

    Iv'e seen my male quail mate with her but every time they do so the feathers from my female quail gets pulled and now he pulls on the skin Ouch... Is this okay or should i do something?
  15. leighjay33

    4 Sebrights Together?

    I have 4 Sebrights, 2 boys and 2 girls. I adopted them from a man who kept them all together in a small coop. They are extremely attached to each other (which is adorable) but I have some concerns. The girls started laying sweet little eggs about 2 months ago, somedays 1 egg a piece which I...
  16. KaleDaDuck

    I scared my male quail while mating with the female.

    So i was preparing a sand bath for my beautiful quails when it was amelia's time to take a bath (the female quail) i saw fred (the male quail) mating with her so i just removed fred from her and put her in the sand because i noticed fred was pulling her head feathers fred made some noises and...
    • KaleDaDuck
    • Thread
    • mating mating injury quail
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Quail
  17. Lob21

    Why is my hen standing weird

    My hen Susan was acting normal then she froze still like this. She was like this when they mated last week but the Tom didn't do it today. Susan would freeze like this then run towards me rapidly and bend her legs like she was going to jump. She is a very non-agressive turkey as well as our tom.
    • Lob21
    • Thread
    • concerned eggs mating
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Turkeys
  18. M

    Normal female duck behavior?

    Hi all!! So I have a a few ducks, one muscovy, one runner, and one magpie. Runner and muscovy are about 20-22 weeks old, magpie is 5-6 months old. We think they are all girls. But the magpie, when mounting the runner today, shot out a white liquid from "her" vent. That raised alarm for me. I...
    • Mamahen2104
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    • duck female help mating
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  19. DiYMama540

    Goose mating behaviors

    Ok friends, educate me! What are some of the tell tale signs that geese are ready to mate? Do they do any head bobbing or dancing like the other birds?
    • DiYMama540
    • Thread
    • gander and goose goose goose behavior mating
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Geese
  20. S

    Is it possible??

    is it possible for a rooster and hen to mate after a few hours of being introduced?? I borrowed a rooster for half a day to see if he would mate. That was 2 days ago. My chickens never sit on their eggs but today one was sitting on 6 of them! Do you think they could be fertile??
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