Maybe you will know this...? My roo is very mild and was not the alpha, who we had to cull due to extreme aggressive behavior. I'm not sure he's doing his job and I have been asked for hatching eggs. How long could the adjustment period be, before he is reliable mating the hens? I've started stimulating them when they squat, they only 8 months old and many have even stopped laying.
He may not mate them if they stopped laying. Once they start up again in the spring you can see if he’s doing the job.
How old is the rooster? Have you ever seen him mate with the hens?
How old is the rooster? I have found that older roosters tend to not want to breed much. Also, a rooster knows when a female is not laying and he is much less likely to mate them then because there's no purpose.
He's only 8 months, I got them early April. He will chase my barred rocks across the whole yard.
But seems not to bother many of the others, I've only seen him on one of my 14 opringtons.He's 8 months. I've only seen him go after a couple of hens. Granted, I haven't gotten much time to actually watch him.
I would give it some more time. Some roosters mature slower than others
That makes sense and being that time of year where it's cold and they're all going through those changes too. We only culled our other roo (who would 100% chase him off if he even thought of anything) 4 weeks ago.
If he's only eight month sold, he is not a rooster, he is a cockerel. Give your cockerel time to get more hormones and see what happens－he may grow into a rooster who doesn't breed regularly, or he may not.He's only 8 months, I got them early April. He will chase my barred rocks across the whole yard.
