Omg I thought she was dead..unusual mating behavior?

[z3lda3]

I bid you welcome, my fellow addict. I started the year with 11 Marans and I'm 32 atm, with 12 eggs yet to hatch.
Annnnnnd.... Betty has officially gone broody so I gotta put eggs under her yet. I say this with glee because she's the 9th and final Marans hen to go broody. All 9 !!!!

If Kong goes broody, I'll be knocking on Hercules' door for demigod status....

Congratulations on the broody hens!!! I’m so excited for yall!!!

 

[wrathsfarm]

Kong with 4 of the 5 pullets tonight... Joannie is head hen and she always roosts on his right.

 

[Momsbusiness]

I just read the thread. I personally would give Gomez 6 or seven hens and put morticia with the others that she flocks with separately. If you are going to keep morticia he should not be tortured with hens he can see but not touch. His girls will eventually learn to submit to him. I remember when we ended up with 3 bantam roosters and had to rehome them. It's not fun but it happens.

 

[z3lda3]

Kong with 4 of the 5 pullets tonight... Joannie is head hen and she always roosts on his right. View attachment 3909808

What an absolutely beautiful flock! You’re doing such a great job! As is Kong!

 

[z3lda3]

I just read the thread. I personally would give Gomez 6 or seven hens and put morticia with the others that she flocks with separately. If you are going to keep morticia he should not be tortured with hens he can see but not touch. His girls will eventually learn to submit to him. I remember when we ended up with 3 bantam roosters and had to rehome them. It's not fun but it happens.

Now that Gomez has his bigger gals, he’s lost interest in Morticia. She and her flock mates are just fine now, and Gomez is satisfied too, as are the big gals.

 

[wrathsfarm]

I just read the thread. I personally would give Gomez 6 or seven hens and put morticia with the others that she flocks with separately. If you are going to keep morticia he should not be tortured with hens he can see but not touch. His girls will eventually learn to submit to him. I remember when we ended up with 3 bantam roosters and had to rehome them. It's not fun but it happens.

If this is in response to my post, no one's being tortured. Morticia is with the pullets separated because of harassment from Gomez. Gomez has hens who he roosts with in a separate coop and is happy.

Everyone is happy...

 

[z3lda3]

If this is in response to my post, no one's being tortured. Morticia is with the pullets separated because of harassment from Gomez. Gomez has hens who he roosts with in a separate coop and is happy.

Everyone is happy...

No chicken torture here lol

 

[Themellowyellows]

When I first got chickens and ended up with my first "accidental" rooster, I thought it was normal for roosters to mate with the hens regardless of how the hens felt about it. Sixteen years later, after observing the behaviors of hens with roosters, I now know that the normal way of things is for the hen to signal to the rooster that she is receptive to mating, much as cats and dogs do. She does this by her body language, and you will see her quickly squat for him a split second before he makes body contact with her. If you don't catch that split second, you can get the impression he is forcing himself on the hen.

Your hen is not receptive to the roosters advances. He is not a good rooster if he can't respect this. A good rooster, like a good human man, will take their cues from the female, and they will not go any further if the hen is not receptive. For a rooster to insist on mating a hen that is not receptive, he is endangering that hen. Your hen is showing every sign of acute stress from your roosters unwanted advances. You must not continue to let him have access to this hen or you risk having what happened to one of my hens happen to your hen.

I had an older hen that did not want my younger rooster anywhere near her, but he completely disregarded her signals. One day he chased her into the coop where he cornered her. She was resisting his advances with everything she had in her. The rooster was intent on overpowering her at all costs, and it ended very badly for this hen.

In the process of him attacking her and her putting up such a struggle, her comb was nearly ripped clean off her head, and the severe scalp injury was just about as bad as you can imagine. Luckily I rescued her before he continued his assault that may have resulted in her death. I did some major first aid on her, managed to graft her comb back on her head and save it. She made a full recovery, but never again did I allow the two of them to be in proximity with each other.

This was not a bad rooster. For some reason his appalling behavior was only with this one hen. He has behaved like a perfect gentleman with every other hen in the flock, never to repeat this awful behavior again in the seven years since that incident.

My advice is to do whatever is necessary to keep your rooster away from this hen. If you do not, you can expect a tragedy at some point.

I dont have a rooster, but when I go to pet them, they squat and look at me its hilarious, but I feel bad since I am not alowed to have a rooster in my town.

 

[Momsbusiness]

No chicken torture here lol

Oh my goodness. That post reply came across all wrong. I did not know he had his own ladies and was only making a silly remark in torture relation for a hormonal rooster that might not have accessed to hens if separated. I apologize due the misunderstanding.

 

[Momsbusiness]

I dont have a rooster, but when I go to pet them, they squat and look at me its hilarious, but I feel bad since I am not alowed to have a rooster in my town.

Me neither. Anymore...
I did for years but since covid remote residents moved in from our of state they complained I guessed and we were reported for our vocal rooster. Oh well... it's quieter now for the neighbors and my hens have rested.. lol