rooster and hen behavior

  1. minaayindra

    Need info on keets with adult guineas and hens

    Question re: guinea keets and raising them with a broody hen: I have a flock of only 4 guineas due to woefully inadequate planning last year. I also have 3 males with only one female. The female has laid 2 eggs and left them on the floor of their coop but she has shown no signs of wanting to...
    • minaayindra
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  2. K

    Random Rooster Questions/chicken psychology

    Hi, I have lots of Roosters (7) and have developed some questions about how they interact with the flock and their hens. I’ve been keeping chickens for just over 1 year now, and have grown my flocks to a total of 79 birds. I do a little free ranging, but mostly keep my birds in Chicken tractors...
  3. Kathys Coop

    When to pick which roosters to keep?

    So I have 26 chickens that I got all at the same time and they are 17 weeks old. Unfortunately I have way too many roosters not by choice. The roosters I have 2 Delaware, 1 Black Australorp, 1 white created black Polish and I think my 2 golden polish are roosters too ( one crows the other looks...
  4. emmalou1

    Rooster behavior.

    Dorothy, was supposed to be a pullet but has turned out to be a rooster. He is 14 weeks old and recently I have noticed that he will stand sideways to me and spread one wing a little and do a little tap dance when I’m in the back yard with him and the 3 hens. Is this his way of trying to...
  5. CaramelKittey

    How to stop Rooster from hurting hens?

    Hi, Well, my rooster Gomez is at it again. As a few of you may remember, I posted a while ago asking how to cure a hen's bloody neck. My hen Polo, quickly recovered and we let her back outside to free range. I was not sure what the cause of it was until today. I saw Gomez pecking her. Gomez ran...
  6. rosemarysugar

    Rooster Q&A!!??!?!?!?!

    Hi I have a 4 month old roo, who has been chasing my hens and somebody claims ( i don't know how true this is) that they saw him grab one of my older hens neck feathers and jump on top of her. Is it a possibility that he is old enough to mate? What signs should I look for? I am a newbie any...
  7. Maggieo0o0o0

    Newbie issue, just figured out 4 week old Salmon Faverolle is a cockerel

    Hello all! So I got 5 chicks a month ago, all are 4 weeks old. I posted here (so amazing to get so many helpful replies so quickly!) and then sent a message to my hatchery (mad props to Ann at Little Birdie Chicken Farm & Hatchery in Wake Forest NC, she is awesome!) Ann confirmed what I'd...
  8. AbigaelR

    My Hen thinks she’s a Rooster?

    Hey all! I have two hens, and one very docile Americana/Leghorn mix Rooster. He was placed with the adult hens when he was fairly young but he is coming up on a year. He does his dipped wing dance to my Barred Rock Hen and she either ignores him, chases him off, or dips her wing and does a...
  9. MangTheRooster

    Mang is sick? HELP

    Igot my Mang in May and hes been fine so far. But recently I've noticed that he's been sleeping a lot. During the day I try to get him more active and it works a little but then he stops and just stands and falls asleep. I'm starting to get worried. He does eat in the morning but during the day...
  10. Kbugsmommy

    Too soon?

    My Rooster is trying to mate with my hens but they aren’t laying yet. They are all the same age but he seems a little advanced lol. Poor girls are running for their lives when he comes near them. Do I need to separate him? I don’t want him to hurt them. My other rooster hasn’t started showing...
  11. crunchybabychicken

    Roosters not crowing hens not laying

    I have 4 one year old hens, 9 seven month old pullets,two seven month old roosters.in the last almost 2 months I have gotten zero eggs.my birds are not sick they have plenty of room,I give them plenty of food and they have fresh water.why am I not getting any eggs. Also I have had people say...
  12. Eggs82

    Rooster not himself

    So yesterday afternoon I noticed my rooster put himself to bed early. He went into the coop a couple hours before all my hens, before that he had been acting fine all day. So this morning When I let the hens out he stayed inside, he’s usually the first one out. He hasn’t crowed all morning, he’s...
  13. R

    Rooster and Hen won't get along.

    Hello! I am new to raising chickens and currently have 3 Silkies, and 2 Bantams. My 2 Bantams I have owned for a year and got them as chicks. My rooster, Frankie, and my hen, Julie had some type of argument about 3 days ago. She was sitting on 4 eggs at that time. When I went to check on them...
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