My rooster doesn't do much courting, he just jumps on the nearest hen - usually when they've just been given their daily corn ration and are running around trying to hover up as much as possible. He does have one favourite hen though and he gives her any treats first. He's courteous at least in that part!
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Just like people I guess, they each have their individual personality 🙂
@farishope6540 Жыл бұрын
I hope you have a rooster with this quality in your life
@MariaJoseGuzman-qg2un4 ай бұрын
This was a wonderful video, at first I thought it was going to be all reading but was pleasantly surprised with your clear and delightful voice.
@chickensinmygarden4 ай бұрын
Oh, thank you so much ☺
@Urban_Off-Grid10 ай бұрын
Lovely thank you. This was used in homeschool today. We are new Rooster owners 💌
@chickensinmygarden10 ай бұрын
Congratulations. Best wishes for lots of good times for you and your flock 🙂
@LightGesture Жыл бұрын
Perfect explanation! So they dont have a peepee. Thats so interesting. I wish my roosters were more gentle. It makes me sad to see my pretty birds getting roughed up losing feathers. My beautiful lady Starfire is worse for wear than id like..but...she definitely was rhe prettiest!
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
They can be very hard on the hens, especially if the rooster is heavy and hangs on with his beak and claws. That's why it's good to have several hens per rooster, but as you say there is often one favourite hen who gets all the "attention"!
@45auto3 жыл бұрын
I always learn something new from this channel. Thanks!
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@mamamelsnursery31673 жыл бұрын
Like always you have such informative and interesting videos..... I appreciate you and your videos.
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoy them 🙂
@charlotteurbangardener2092 Жыл бұрын
That was very educational I learned a lot thank you the illustration was great everything was wonderful
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I appreciate hearing from you and I'm glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
@jackiel77263 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this informative video.👍
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for commenting 🙂
@gaetiekn3 жыл бұрын
Two additional questions regarding chicken's reproduction 😁: - does the hen keep laying eggs after her chicks have just hatched? - if not, how long does it take for her to start laying eggs again after raising chicks? Thank you again for this amazing channel! 🙏😊
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Usually the hen stops laying the day (or day after) she settles down to brooding the eggs. This makes sense because all the eggs need to start incubating on the same day so they will all hatch on the same day - any eggs added later would not be ready to hatch when the others hatch and would probably be abandoned while the mother hen looked after the chicks. Usually a hen will start laying again about six weeks after the chicks hatch but that is very variable depending on the hen and the time of year.
@gaetiekn3 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden Thank you very much 🙏😊
@debbiemarchbanks85383 жыл бұрын
Thank you this is Absolutely the BEST EDUCATIONAL video I have found!! Your time and knowledge is very appreciated!!
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. The subject matter was a bit dodgy for KZbin - I had to say Yes it included mention of s*x 😉
@brandywvstrong95313 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great video!!! I love learning new stuff. ❤️🐓❤️
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂🐥
@kristenpowell82163 жыл бұрын
Your videos are always so helpful. Thanks
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Great, I'm glad to hear it 🙂
@pseudopetrus2 жыл бұрын
This video gave me the answer I was looking for! Thank you!
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it 🙂
@farmnerstv23112 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for very informative video about chickens ❤️
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching and commenting
@maudepelletier-smith73983 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much ! I always wondered about this!
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
I'm pleased to have been able to answer some questions for you 🙂
@BarbdWireNRoses13 жыл бұрын
Cute video with alot of info 🐓
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@hlaulis2 жыл бұрын
Great video and just the info I was looking for. Thank you!
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the compliment. I'm glad it was helpful 🙂
@graysonsfarminglifeaustral27782 жыл бұрын
Thank your for the informative video.
@xdani_thethinkingneko Жыл бұрын
3:47 This was really cool to learn, because I've heard both of those sounds in my city. A lot of people have chickens, even though I live in the city so it's cool to know why there was a difference in sound.
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
There's a bit of a difference between individuals too (like people) and especially between breeds 🙂
@joshd86542 ай бұрын
Excellent video it really help us to understand! thank you
@chickensinmygarden2 ай бұрын
Thank you for saying so. I'm glad you found it helpful 😊
@TheAnimalPapa Жыл бұрын
Big 👍! Hi my friend, another great informational video! Take care and God bless! Papa and Junior! 😎🐓👍🙏
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Have a wonderful day 🙂
@sophieli48283 жыл бұрын
thank you, I learned a lot!
@emmm_44659 ай бұрын
I’m here out of morbid curiosity. I’m on a ranch (it’s not mine, just a visitor ) where I think there are maybe too many roosters vs hens and there is this poor hen that the roosters really pick on. They will viciously chase her down, peck at her and try to mount as a gang. She’s got a bald spot and hides away from the flock often, just looks real beaten up. I’ve tried to tell the owner but they do nothing to help her 😢 💔I give her some corn and shoo the rooster’s so she can some peace, for a little bit but I’m leaving soon… I hope to keep chickens someday when I have the space, I’ll pay closer attention to their relationships so they’re all happy ❤ Thanks for the education
@chickensinmygarden9 ай бұрын
Over-mating can cause injuries including torn skin and flesh as well as bare spots on her back and neck. So lesson for us chicken keepers - not too many roosters!
@loa813 жыл бұрын
Thank you, young lady! I really enjoy your videos and good information. Now, I understand better why my broodies are squirreling away eggs. We have such terribly hot summers and mild fall and spring weather. That’s why I have girls being broody as early as the first week in February! Guess I’d better pick a few eggs to mark now. Maybe they’ll be busy with their chicks and wait until fall before commencing to brood again. Thank you once again! Regards...
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, and for calling me a 'young lady too - I'm 66 😄
@loa813 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden I’m just a baby then ! I’ll only be 65 in a couple of weeks!
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
A wonderful age! But then I think every age is wonderful 🙂
@loa813 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden As my Sweet Hubby says, “I woke up today and I’m still breathing!”
@2nostromo2 жыл бұрын
fascinating stuff. thank you
@kimly15466 ай бұрын
Great info, and you have answered my question . Thank you so much!
@chickensinmygarden6 ай бұрын
Yay! Have a great day 🙂
@krmaddux13 жыл бұрын
thank you so very much for answering these questions. some of them I hadn't even thought of yet.
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
KZbin was a bit doubtful about whether the content should be age restricted but I thought it was interesting. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
@krmaddux13 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden "Birds and the Bees" stuff, I'm sure. But, none-the-less, invaluable knowledge. Even for those of us way past the age for knowing about the birds and the bees.
@Batshandas2 жыл бұрын
Great video. I always wondered how it happened 😂
@Kava_Lisa2 жыл бұрын
Best explanation ever!
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@susieiacuessa45382 жыл бұрын
Excellent video ma’am !!! Thank you !!!
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@brandi8040 Жыл бұрын
Is there a way to tell of an egg has been fertilized? I would hate to eat an egg that could potentially be a baby chick! And on the other hand, I would hate to let an egg go waste if there is nothing in it. - Loved your video! Looking forward to watching more!
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
There certainly is. I have a video about it kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXm4gZaQrrWrjrM
@brandi8040 Жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden Haha, yes! I found it right after I submitted this question. Thank you so much!
@maryhawken8178 ай бұрын
Amazing info!
@chickensinmygarden8 ай бұрын
Chickens never cease to amaze me. They are so different to us and other mammals 🙂
@mrzoukdotcomzouklambadaboo82123 жыл бұрын
Great info, easy to follow
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@fctamandare Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your video! I've learned a lot!
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching 🙂
@bettew.524 Жыл бұрын
Lovely video..thank you.
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@musafarduur47973 жыл бұрын
Thanks.... your v7deo was informative but also enjoyable as well...
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@suzannemistretta9275 Жыл бұрын
extremly informative
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad you found it so.
@deanne940 Жыл бұрын
Great video ❤
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙂
@beckytaul43552 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching 🙂
@rohitbauri5958 Жыл бұрын
10:20 Is 6 weeks same for *Aseel* breed (India) chickens ?
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
It's "up to 6 weeks", it might be shorter but highly unlikely to be longer.
@amirimbago83252 жыл бұрын
Waaaaoh, the last Information was awesome...I thought the Roosters needs to mate everyday to fertilize the next Egg "Sperm storage inside the female chicken". Allah is perfect in creation
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Pretty amazing, isn't it! The more I learn about chickens, the more I realise how amazing they are 🙂
@Mary-had-a-lil-farm3 жыл бұрын
Sorry this is not a rooster question. I just got baby chicks from a farm store today. My Silkie just happened to go broody 2 days ago. I sneaked 5 of the chicks under her whale she was on her nest of two eggs that weren’t going to hatch (I read about doing this). Incredibly she acted like they were her own babies. Chirping at them and keeping them under her. And incredibly the baby chicks quieted right down and snuggled right under her. They were lil wild thing running around in the tote I had them in. Amazing nature? So I have read about how good silkies are at mothering chicks but I am still nervous. So she will not smother them accidentally (she is a small light silkie)?? She will keep them warm enough? Or do I need to put a heater in with them? She actually lives inside my home. I also wrapped half her cage in fleece (inside my home). I am in the states, Michigan, so it is winter here. I keep my home at around 65 degrees F. I did pull all 5 out from under her and put them at their food and water before putting them to bed (they do eat and drink). I checked and made sure they all went back to her and, incredibly, they all did. And their food and water is right next to her. I gave her food too and she drank out of their water. This is the first for me and I am nervous. Just want to make sure I am taking goos enough care of her and the chicks. I like your channel and respect you knowledge and experience. Thank you for any advice ❤️ 🐥
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Hi 🙂 congratulations to you and mama hen. You are all doing beautifully! Relax - she knows what she is doing. Your only job is to make sure that suitable food and water is available for mum and chicks and especially that the water is in a dish they can't possibly drown in. They will walk in it so you will have to change it often. If the house temperature is ok for you then mum and chicks will be fine. So exciting! 🙂
@Mary-had-a-lil-farm3 жыл бұрын
Chickens in my garden That’s good advice thank you so much. We all made it through the night LOL. The chicks came out to eat and they were drinking. Mama is not eating or drinking much at all so I took her out of their pen today and let her walk in the kitchen and tried to give her food and water. I saw you do that on the video about grandma Ganzo. But she didn’t want anything to do with or the food or water she just tried to get back to her chicks. I made her scrambled eggs and I am trying to feed her while she is still sitting in the nest, she’s taking little bites. The chicks are on chick feed. But when mama dropped a piece of egg the chicks grabbed it like the little dinosaurs that they are and ran around with it. it was so adorable. It really is something to see a mama hen and those babies. What a wonderful experience it’s very joyful. Thank you so much for your advice and your support 😁.
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Mama will not do much except look after those chicks for a few days. Her body has slowed down with the brooding and she will seem tired but happy. Eventually she will start to stir around about the time the chicks can walk and get around better. Just enjoy the intimacy of these few special days before the fun starts 🙂
@Mary-had-a-lil-farm3 жыл бұрын
Chickens in my garden ok, thank you for guiding me. I will just let mama be and make sure she has food and water at her side as you advised. I was concerned because she wasn’t getting up at all but as you advised, that is normal, so ok that eases my worry for her. I am trying to read up on mama and her chicks, it just happened so fast LOL I wasn’t expecting to get chicks and I really wasn’t expecting to put them under my silky and have a mama and chicks, that’s a whole new ballgame to study up on so thank you again for the information and the support. I very much appreciate you. 😁. I love this experience thus far. Pretty awesome!
@nfn73102 жыл бұрын
You are excellent....
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, you are very kind 🙂
@previously7782 жыл бұрын
Fantastic
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 🙂
@MariaJoseGuzman-qg2un4 ай бұрын
I was just thinking yesterday that rosters are nature's wake up alarm.
@chickensinmygarden4 ай бұрын
Yes! Isn't that handy! 🙂
@cutcat922 жыл бұрын
Tanks. I have many boblem very tanks . I have two rooster and eingt8. Hen
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
I hope this video helped 🙂
@coziii.18293 жыл бұрын
In USA I give 20% protein Higher if I have more roosters and use them as meat.
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
I bet that makes them grow quickly 🙂 and since your purpose for the roosters is for meat the high protein and fast growth should work well 🙂
@Flavor-Spicy4 ай бұрын
Mashaallah
@marysurbanchickengarden3 жыл бұрын
It must be nice to live where you have no predators that want to eat your chickens. We have a long list of them here in the southern U.S. I had a huge red tailed hawk paying a visit to my run recently. Fortunately I was out there and she stayed perched in a tree until she got impatient and went elsewhere. A couple hours later I had a frantic call from a beginning chicken keeper, a hawk had attacked her hen and would definitely have killed her and taken her away to consume had they not been close enough to chase the hawk away. She needed to know what to do and of course she needed to stop the blood loss. Corn starch is excellent for that. The hen was in bad shape for a week or two, but with the great care she got, she recovered. However the other chickens won't accept her back in the flock. It's almost as if they think she's a predator magnet. They quite happily lived together before the attack. I did tell the young woman to keep her in a crate inside the coop/run and treat her wounds there, don't take her away from her flock mates. She didn't take the advice and took her into the garage. She now has 2 coops and 2 runs.You can only offer the advice you've learned over the many years of keeping chickens, but you can't make them take it lol.
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
That's very true, everyone has to walk their own path. I agree that keeping the injured chicken within sight of the flock would probably have helped. But at least she cared for her 🐔
@Mary.Mercedes3 жыл бұрын
@My Urban Garden Mary YES removing the hen is a prescription for problems. Predators are a huge problem in most of our country. I have had constant slaughter with hawk attacks. I can not free range. All sizes of hawks in the Northeast. It is heartbreaking but I would rather have that kind of wildlife abundance than not.
@marysurbanchickengarden3 жыл бұрын
@@Mary.Mercedes True that, we have 4 Raptors that love chicken here in the south, not to mention the 4 legged ones. I haven't lost a chicken to a predator in years, but I know they are out there and it could happen. My girls semi free range, they have all of the backyard and it's a 1/4 acre. Although right now they've eaten all the green matter, they still forage for insects and I plant forage for them. I can understand you not free ranging after losing so many, I probably wouldn't either. Even the predators have their place and purpose for being here, God doesn't make mistakes.
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
I'm interested in how you plant forage for them - is that inside their quarter-acre range area? If so, what stops them digging up the baby plants before they reach edible size?
@marysurbanchickengarden3 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden I seperate off the oats,clover etc until it's big enough to handle the hens. Within a couple of hours they can decimate the whole thing, so it's best to just give them a couple of hours a week so the forage has time to regenerate. It's also best to have several small plots planted within a week of each other, so they always have some greens. Plus I plant turnips, mustard and collards for us and share them with the chickens. If you don't have space for planting like that, it's so easy to grow those greens in pots, buckets and grow bags. I also check with my local supermarket for fruits and vegetables they are about to throw away. I'm usually to late for that one because others do the same thing.
@ompanchubarahi Жыл бұрын
Good morning
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Hello. Actually it's afternoon here right now. Is it morning at your place?
@Rosae_here3 жыл бұрын
Thank u for the information... I have a question can we recognize the eggs by just seeing at them that are they fertile or not As we wasted 18 and then again 12 eggs we thought they will hatch but it doesn't happen... So are we able to know by just looking at them that whether they are fertilizated or not
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
There are only two ways to tell if an egg is fertilised - either incubate it (in an incubator or under a broody hen) and if it grows into a chick it was fertile, or crack it open and look at the white spot on the yolk. Of course once you crack it open you can't grow it into a chick. But if they have been incubated and didn't hatch then it's a good idea to open them and see if they were infertile or else started to develop then died in the shell.
@Rosae_here3 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden so u mean we can't check if they are fertile or not Without cracking them
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately not.
@rondaillig4097 Жыл бұрын
this is so cool
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Roosters are fascinating aren't they 🙂
@meninsilau3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much ....! You explain it clearly, I'm satisfied.. Btw, can you make a content about hatchery. I just started to hatch several eggs but somehow it died before it out from the shell. I try to crack a bit but doesn't help. They kinda premature and die less than hour. I'm frustrated and sad. But still continue the project.
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Hatching eggs is one of my favourite things to do 🙂 I have made a video about my incubator kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmnRgXSolt-Jga8 I think it covers quite a few of the basic principles that apply no matter what equipment you are using.
@loa813 жыл бұрын
I may be wrong and hope I get corrected, but I NEVER assist a chick with its shell. While they are working their way out of their shell, they are actually drawing up the yolk into their bodies which should sustain them about 3 days. This give a bit of leeway for the other eggs to hatch while the early hatch is well sustained. I would be afraid of manipulating their shell as the yolk uptake could still be in progress and the sac and chick may be harmed. The hatch rate is not always good under my hens, but I prefer them to be able to be good moms, too. I spent about $150 US dollars for an incubator which worked well one time and then would not function after a couple of months of storage. The naturally hatched chicks seem to be much calmer and protective of one another. I may not know what I talking about, so please, all you other folks let me know!
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
I pretty much agree about not interfering when chicks are hatching - it's a bad idea for lots of reasons. That said, I have done so on a couple of occasions with good results when it seemed certain that the chick would die otherwise. And maybe that in itself is a bad outcome - perhaps that chick who would have died grew up to pass on it's lack of hatching ability because I made it survive. As for hens vs incubators - there is something wonderful about a good mother hen and her chicks. Personally I have had better success with incubators and the chicks grow up just fine although there are some well documented differences between chicks raised with a hen compared to without.
@meninsilau3 жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you for the insight. I need more like it, the basic of hatchery.
@jackiel77263 жыл бұрын
Great video. What is the variety of the first hen?The crested blue one with the chicks?
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
She's an Araucana as they are known in New Zealand, not quite the same as would meet the American Standard for Araucana but what we have here. She lays blue eggs.
@jackiel77263 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden thank you she is beautiful❤🐤🐔
@anethtrinos31593 жыл бұрын
what will you do if your rooster hadrating
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
'Hadrating'?
@ROSUJACOB3 жыл бұрын
Ty!! New subscriber here!
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I hope you enjoy some of my other videos 🙂
@Polyglot_English3 жыл бұрын
Детерминизм это Свобода 🤙
@darkshaman7087 Жыл бұрын
One thing I know about rooster that the will never attack me as I have three and tamed the two but the other one is a nice character anyway, the two that was attacking me I hit them with a thin piece of wood and they have been pretty good ever since except the one tried attacking again until hit him so hard his head nearly came off but he have been great ever since as the know I mean business, but on of my mates rooster was really vicious and my mate was fixing his jeep and for no reason it attacked him so he threw a hammer at him and he thought he killed it but after a while the rooster came around and started chasing and attacking him haha the fun of keeping roosters.
@snowstormmoon49173 жыл бұрын
Hello! I got a Silver Laced Wyandotte, she is 5 weeks, and I’m scared, because her comb and wattles are red. But her feathers point all to hens, they are black with white lines in them, no white coverts on her wings yet and she is fast feathered, so everything besides her comb and wattles point to hen, is she a rooster or is she just red wattles/combed (her comb and wattles are small, just red) Edit: her comb is closer to orange, but her wattles are reddish
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
At 5 weeks old, red comb and wattles sounds rather like a boy. Maybe you could watch my video about how to tell girl chicks from boys for more details kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJTZlWSNpdOXnKc Fingers crossed And don't give up until you are absolutely sure - even experienced chicken keepers get surprises
@snowstormmoon49173 жыл бұрын
Thanks! But why is her feathers soo hen? Also, we watched that vid, my mom loved it
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
I would not be able to tell the difference between hen feathers and cockerel feathers at 5 weeks old. I don't think the males start to get masculine looking feathers until their male hormones kick in.
@snowstormmoon49173 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden ok, thanks! I’ll cross my fingers she is a hen, tysm for your time!!
@kida12 Жыл бұрын
How do you feed the rooster something different than the hens when they are all together?
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
It is tricky. Some people keep the roosters separate from the hens until breeding time, so that gives them a good solid start nutrtion-wise. (This is what I have usually done. ) You can feed high protein feed without added calcium to everyone and make the calcium available separately - the hens will take what they need and the roosters won't bother. (This is how I manage a mix of layers and chicks or pullets.) It's also possible to have higher feeders for the roosters that the hens can't reach, but this doesn't completely stop them eating the hens' food.
@LeeHill66 Жыл бұрын
You have probably covered this somewhere but I have a question. Is inbreeding a concern with chickens?
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
It's generally not. In fact it's common to breed offspring back to their father and to breed closely related chickens for many generations. This is called Line breeding. Of course all breeding selections should be made with due consideration for the desired outcome and possible disadvantages. Almost all heritage breeds of chickens are only able to be maintained via some inbreeding. The opposite extreme of inbreeding is hybridization. A hybrid (or First generation cross) has several advantages over a purebeed. It is perhaps telling that all the commercial laying hens are hybrids - the parent lines are maintained as pure lines and then the cross produces the chickens that are raised to lay the eggs. If you breed from one of these high-production layers, the offspring will never be as good as their mother.
@LeeHill66 Жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden That's great information. Thank you much
@Mary.Mercedes3 жыл бұрын
My last rooster was a thug and brutal rapist. No courtship dance. No warnings. Just ONE rooster to 21 hens -- also with an enormous fenced yard -- should have been easy and safe. But he never calmed down. He terrorized the more timid hens -- who starting huddling in the corners to try to be invisible. When that starting happening, combined with the wounds he kept inflicting on the poor girls, he was history. I feel sorry for hens housed with mean roosters. We have a vast number of predators and I could really use a good rooster to help protect them.
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
I have noticed that some roosters behave differently to hens as well as people. I had one that I never saw paying any attention to the hens except for deferring to them about food and yet the hens had nearly 100% fertility. I guess each individual has their own personality. Usually we have only one or a few roosters so there's no need to put up with a bad one 🙂
@tania80462 жыл бұрын
Great information 👍🏻Can you mate a rooster to hens that were hatched from same batch ?
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed. It's quite common if you want to concentrate certain traits. Just beware it concentrates all traits including any unwanted ones.
@garymanuel47106 ай бұрын
Tks for sharig, i have an Icelantic Rooster & 1 Icelantic hen, both about same age about 6 months old, plus 3 leg horns that are about 3yrs old, So will the leg horn chickens be a cross breed because the rooster is icelantic? & the icelantic eggs will be full icelantic chicks?
@chickensinmygarden6 ай бұрын
Yes. Absolutely correct 🙂
@garymanuel47106 ай бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden Tk u
@cfaspanishellis59162 ай бұрын
This is kind of a hard question but can a rooster breed his own offspring or can an offspring breed his mother I have a pair of chickens and would like to get more from then and eventually sell they’re chicks as egg laying hens but I would need more than one hen
@chickensinmygarden2 ай бұрын
Yes, and yes. It is quite common to breed from father to daughters, especially when establishing a line. (It's called Line Breeding) Your best bet is probably to hatch chicks from your first pair, choose the best females (maybe all of them) and one or two males. Next year breed father to daughters. Of those chicks, keep the best females. As to the males, decide which one to keep - original, one of the two sons. In the third year breed all hens to your chosen male. Now you have three generations and lots of chickens but unless you are seeing a variety of types (which would mean your original pair was mixed breed) you should bring in some unrelated birds for future breeding. Don't be afraid of line breeding - it's not sinful but it does intensify the traits that are present, both good and bad, and eventually it does seem to reduce fertility. Good luck 😊
@molotera87892 жыл бұрын
I dont have chickens but i thought owning pet chickens was kinda dumb, this video showed me theyre a complex pet
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
They certainly are more intelligent than most people give them credit for. Did you know they see more colours than humans do? I have other amazing facts about chickens in this playlist kzbin.info/aero/PLZkmuqBJd8WQgSeRlaczWLh45pKnL3cXF
@fggfdgdgfdgffdgfrfdg Жыл бұрын
i have bovance chicken. i need to hatch pure bovance. which rooster should be use in order to get bovance chicken. thanks
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
The Bovans is a commercial hybrid, owned by ISA. You can usually only get the females unless you become a registered breeder for ISA. Even if you happen to find a male Bovans and bred him with a Bovans hen, you would still not get offspring exactly like the Bovans, because Bovans is not a breed it's a hybrid. Here is a link to the Bovans website. It might help www.bovans.com/en/product/bovans-brown/
@hasou92533 жыл бұрын
Another genetics question if you dont mind Are brahma chickens sex linked for feathers I.e slow feathering for male fast feathering for females ?
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
I don't know much about Brahmas but I think they are a heavy breed and likely to show the feathering pattern.
@hasou92533 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden thanks for ur reply
@butwhy3848 Жыл бұрын
Is it possible for a hen to lay eggs without sperm ? How it is done in farms, because they have only hens not roosters ?
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Absolutely! A hen does NOT need a rooster to lay eggs. Most of the eggs we all eat are unfertlised. It is only if you want fertile eggs to hatch baby chicks that you need a rooster. I have another couple of videos that you might find interesting - kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXm4gZaQrrWrjrM kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaXcpYJpe6yIias Or just look around at my channel. I have lots of different topics about chickens. Have a great day 🙂
@123PINEBROOKSTABLE Жыл бұрын
Hi there just a question, Is it okay to have one rooster for a flock of four hens but our flock has different breeds such as the Sussex and Hampshire
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Yes it is perfectly ok, although more than four hens would probably be better. Any chicks that hatch will of course be cross-breeds but that's fine - they will still be good chickens.
@123PINEBROOKSTABLE Жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden okay thanks ☺
@aliqadri46723 жыл бұрын
If 2 or 3 different types of roosters mate with one hen so can that hen stores that 3 types of sperm in his gland for fertilize the eggs if it does so what type of bread is gonna hen make mix bread or one rooster bread or rejects other 2 rooster sperm..??? Plz reply
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Yes the hen can store the sperm from several roosters and then use all the sperm to fertilise her eggs - so the chicks will have different fathers. Alternatively the hen can reject the sperm from the rooster/s she doesn't like and keep the sperm from the rooster/s she does like. Very clever 🙂
@aliqadri46723 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden if we artificial inseminate the hen with multiple rooters semen so then how can hen reject the semen because hen does not know what type of semen is injected inside her and hen doesn't see any rooster in life only she lay eggs throw insemination plz reply ..??
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
That's true - I don't know how artificial insemination would work. Are you going to try it? If so you could tell me the answer
@aliqadri46723 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden can you tell me when my hen lay egg i rapidly put in incubator within 1 minute does i doing right..??
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
No, not at all. You should let the egg rest somewhere cool for at least a day. And you should wait until you have collected all the eggs you will incubate (but preferably only a few days' worth) then put all of the eggs into the incubator at the same time. In my next video I will cover in more detail how to store the eggs before you incubate them.
@Handle6278 Жыл бұрын
What do you do if you get a lot of roosters from the chickens eggs? Do people sell them or? I feel like they would fights or the rooster would kill them.
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
There are several options - sell them as breeding stock (hard to do unless they are a sought-after breed), - keep just one for your own breeding to replace your old rooster - raise them for a few months then eat them - sell them or give them away to other people who will eat them.
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
It is quite possible to keep a group of roosters together in a flock WITHOUT hens but they won't be happy in sight of the flock that has hens. Personally I have never tried.
@tamialvey828 Жыл бұрын
What do you do once you hatch the first chicks and you still have the same rooster!? Won’t he eventually mate with his offspring and make inbreeds?
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
He will. It's actually quite common for breeders to choose to do that if they have a good rooster. But you can introduce an unrelated rooster of the same breed, preferably with traits that you want or lacking the faults your line has.
@firsttimefarmer46663 жыл бұрын
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@mussa14409 ай бұрын
Hey. see my rooster has been stolen and I'm thinking of my neighbor he still has I was wondering whether I can use it to mate some of my hens but how many times a week? Because from what I learned from you sperm can last up to 6 weeks, which means maybe taking my hens to neighbor's rooster two times a week might be sufficient. Thank you so much. Regards
@chickensinmygarden9 ай бұрын
Yes that could work, if the hens and the rooster are interested (and your neighbour is willing 😀 ) even once a week would be enough. The hens might get unsettled by the move and go off the lay (i.e . stop laying eggs) which would make the whole thing pointless. So I would suggest borrowing the rooster and bringing him to your hens once a week - roosters seem to be quite happy to go visiting. Sorry to hear that your rooster was stolen. Best wishes for some little chicks to replace him.
@mussa14409 ай бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden thank you so much much respect . I can't stop learning from you.
@JesusNameHomeMinistries2 жыл бұрын
My rooster is trying to breed my 11 week old Americanas. I thought he had killed one so I separated him from them.
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
You're right - they are too young and if he corners them he could injure them. Keeping them separate for a while is a good idea 🙂
@ROSUJACOB3 жыл бұрын
Hi I have 5 roosters and one was the alpha for many months and now all of a sudden he is being thrown around by a rooster whom he used to bully a lot.They are all similar in age.Any idea what happened to him?The alpha suddenly getting displaced and thrown around after many months of domination.I have kept him aside now in a separate coop for his own safety.
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Hello there. The social dynamics are interesting aren't they. Something happened to your previously-alpha rooster, for sure, but I don't know what. Perhaps he got a bit of an illness (like you or me having an off day because we had a cold) and the other rooster just happened to notice and challenged him and won. Or if they are all quite young, perhaps it was just that your previously-alpha rooster matured quickly and so was dominant but now the other rooster has matured and is naturally more dominant. Either way, my guess is that things won't go back to how they were unless something happens to the now-dominant rooster.
@ROSUJACOB3 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden thank you for the reply!means a lot!!❤️👍🏾
@JohnThomas-vq1gh Жыл бұрын
If you are breeding hens to one rooster and you change roosters how long does it take for the hens to be fertile to the new rooster
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
As quickly as 2 days or as long as 6 weeks. The new rooster's sperm can be fertilising the eggs of a hen who is receptive to him as soon as 2 days after meeting. On the other hand, a hen who has sequestered the sperm of the previous rooster can continue to use that old sperm for as long as 6 weeks.
@tabuoey3 жыл бұрын
love the immature rooster crows
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
They are kind of adorable, aren't they 🙂
@jasrobsny2 жыл бұрын
Do you have to wait for a certain time of year to mate chickens?
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Not exactly. The hen will only be receptive when she's in lay, so not when she's moulting. The rooster might try to mate all year round but his sperm count is higher in spring and summer.
@ezrificfarmlimited26113 жыл бұрын
Please l have a few questions to ask and l will be glad if l get feedback from you, Does it really matter on the kind of rooster to be introduced into the flock, or do l need to get a specific rooster for a specific hen
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
It depends on what you want to achieve. If you want purebred chicks then your rooster needs to be the same breed as your hens. But if you don't need purebred chicks or your hens are not purebred anyway, then any breed of rooster will do. Does that help, or were you thinking of something else?
@ezrificfarmlimited26113 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden Okay, if l have a particular breed of hen can l use the same breed for the rooster and can l achieve a better result , thank you so much for your response
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Yes if you use a rooster that is the same breed as your hens, the result will be chicks of that breed. Whether it is 'better' for your chicks to be purebred is a matter of your desires and your opinion.
@ezrificfarmlimited26113 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden Thank you so much and l do appreciate your responses , l will love to have your email for further questions in future , if you don’t mind but if not that’s fine also
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
I'm always happy to answer if I can
@BornAgainCarnivore3 жыл бұрын
Can you eat fertilized eggs before development starts in them? Also, do they really taste any different than non-fertilized eggs?
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. And there is no difference in taste at all.
@englishgarden21892 жыл бұрын
High performance Athletes prefer fertilized Eggs as they’re more Nutritious
@Aa.11aaa2 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden do you need to consider time by consuming it ? , I mean the moment u pick up 2 fertilized eggs put it in the fridge , one ate it the next day , the other next week , I guess it won't develop in a fridge..
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
You're right. Once the eggs are in the fridge they will last for weeks just like unfertilised eggs
@sherifebegu62602 жыл бұрын
I think I'm a chicken right now😂.I know a lot about them except of the red things on their head.What are they?
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Check this out kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4KtiomKe7yrpcU
@denisebarnett62902 жыл бұрын
So at what age do you introduce a rooster 🐓
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Age of hens or age of rooster? If I'm introducing a full-grown stranger rooster for the purpose of breeding I would ensure the hens were adult and laying, so that's at least 10 months old and in lay (not moulting). If I bred the rooster he would have been with his hatch-mates since he was a chick and introduced to the main flock with them.
@gengen7806 Жыл бұрын
Can a rooster mate with a 2 month pullet before she lays eggs
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
He will probably try. That could hurt the pullet because she is small and he is heavy for her, so it's not a good idea. But if you're asking whether it's possible for a pullet to lay fertile eggs even from her very first egg, then yes it's possible.
@gloriapinto41002 жыл бұрын
Ma'am...I have a question. I've got a hen from another flock. It has been laying eggs from a rooster from the previous flock. A rooster from my flock whose sperms I did not want my new gen to acquire has mated with her. Can I rest assured that the entire clutch she's laying until she broods will be from the rooster from the previous flock? Also if my favoured rooster mated with her though after the unfavoured one what are the possible outcomes? I'd really appreciate if you answered these queries.
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Hi Gloria. The first question is easy - No. If the hen has mated with two roosters, regardless of the timing, her chicks could be from either. Possible outcomes are: All chicks from one rooster All chicks from the other rooster A batch of chicks where some are from one rooster and some from the other. It is impossible for any of the chicks to be a mixture of both roosters. Hope this is helpful 🙂
@gloriapinto41002 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden thank you so much for your prompt response. I appreciate it...it was very useful...thank you.
@briankrishna17363 жыл бұрын
I have a question how long dose it take for a new rooster to be able to fertilize a chicken that had a different rooster with them?
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
At least a day for the new rooster to start fertilising eggs but a couple of weeks to be sure the previous roosters sperm is no longer fertilising eggs.
@briankrishna17363 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden thank I’m a big fan of your work. !
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@valerianpinto50672 жыл бұрын
Madam is it necessary a rooster to mate every day with hen to produce fertile eggs.
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
No. The hen can store the sperm for days or weeks.
@Sergiovarredondo2 жыл бұрын
i have both?
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
Both what?
@ricric110 ай бұрын
What can i give my rooster to mate my hens I dont think my rooster is matting my hens its been a few months and no babies.
@chickensinmygarden10 ай бұрын
Apart from time, good nutrition and a stress-free life I don't think there's much you can do to encourage your rooster. It would be worthwhile watching to see if he's mating or if the hens are rejecting him. And worthwhile checking whether the eggs are fertile - could it be that he's doing his job but the hens are just not broody? Here's a video about how to tell. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXm4gZaQrrWrjrM But some roosters just aren't as good as others - maybe he's just not a Romeo.
@ricric110 ай бұрын
@chickensinmygarden I have him with five hens and they free range if they rejecting him what does that mean ? . Not a Romeo lol. And I don't know if they are laying
@chickensinmygarden10 ай бұрын
Well, first establish whether the hens are laying before you blame the rooster. He can't make babies on his own 😀
@ricric110 ай бұрын
@chickensinmygarden I never seen him mating
@chickensinmygarden10 ай бұрын
How old is he? And how old are the hens?
@trevtrueman777 Жыл бұрын
How about if you switch roosters? How long until you can guarantee that the new roosters sperm has fertilised the eggs and not the original rooster?
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
About 6 weeks before you can be sure.
@trevtrueman777 Жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden Thank you.
@SassyThing-75 Жыл бұрын
I only have 1 rooster with 14 hens. I have a hen sitting on eggs now. Will that rooster mate with their own?
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry I don't quite understand the question. Will the rooster mate with his own what? Offspring?
@SassyThing-75 Жыл бұрын
@Chickens in my garden will the rooster mate with their offspring?
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Yes they certainly will. And it's quite common for breeders to do this deliberately if the rooster has some particularly desirable traits.
@SassyThing-75 Жыл бұрын
@Chickens in my garden Doesn't that cause genetic problems tho?
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
It doesn't CAUSE genetic problems. What it does is concentrate the genetic traits that are present in the (related) parents. So if there are good traits you get a double dose of good things. But if there are bad traits you get a double dose of them. Many traits show up strongly in a double dose and not at all (or hardly at all) in a single dose. So the danger is that the next generation ends up with a double dose of something bad that you didn't even know was there.
@maskedvlogger3533 жыл бұрын
Haba
@billyyg65483 жыл бұрын
Can some one help me my cochin bantam rooster is not mating with my hen causing unfertile eggs although my hen is ready for mating
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
I assume he's old enough? Is he healthy? Is he mating with other hens but not that one? Is he the leader of the flock or are the hens picking on him? Was he raised with other chickens or hand reared? Sometimes a rooster just doesn't like one particular hen, or he doesn't know how to mate properly at all with any hens. Most likely you will need another rooster.
@billyyg65483 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden ohh ok ty so much
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Good luck 🙂
@billyyg65483 жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden hey my rooster is mating now thank god i assume he didn't spend time with my hen
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
That's great!
@ladymichael82932 жыл бұрын
Why is my female chicken refusing to get mate
@chickensinmygarden2 жыл бұрын
There could be lots of reasons, for example she might be too young, or moulting, or just hatched chicks, or just doesn't like that particular rooster.
@ladymichael82932 жыл бұрын
The last time she hatched was April and still the same rooster that mate her then... even when I got another rooster two weeks ago she won't the rooster too
@younskhan4959 Жыл бұрын
how to remove other male breed rooster sperm from other breed hen??
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Just time. Wait for at least 3 weeks.
@democracy9102 Жыл бұрын
Good video 👍
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂
@joncen26583 жыл бұрын
What is the level of testosterone related to in the roosters? What shows the indication of it. Is it comb and wattles?
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
Yes - colour and size (for the breed) of comb and wattles. Plus the crow, although crowing frequency is not related
@joncen26583 жыл бұрын
Is there any things to be done for high testosterone, or is it 100% genetics.
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
As far as I know the testosterone potential is genetics. External factors can lower the actual level below the potential - things like nutrition, disease, injury, stress, age, climate. But I'm not aware of any way to raise the actual level above the potential.
@joncen26583 жыл бұрын
Interesting... Could you share about the last factor, climate? Thank you!
@chickensinmygarden3 жыл бұрын
I was just meaning that testosterone levels are higher when the days are long and warm, but not too hot
@wrteam573 жыл бұрын
my male chicken dance and try to beat the female chickens
@tedlahm5740 Жыл бұрын
How does America obtain 20 million fertilized eggs EVERY DAY? USA consumes 20 million chickens daily.,
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
There are huge broiler parent breeder houses that rear the flock that will lay the fertile eggs that will be hatched into broiler chicks. These houses and the chickens in them are owned by one of just a couple of international companies Aviagen and Cobb-Vantress.
@tedlahm5740 Жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden Incredible that sperm stays ACTIVE within the chicken for 6 weeks. Pray tell, how do the fertilized egg companies inseminate the egg laying hens? Once a MONTH hand held (very laborious) or some other method. Thank you for the information.
@chickensinmygarden Жыл бұрын
Haha, the easy method! They have the roosters living with the hens, and the roosters do the job for them. The generation you are asking about are the "Parent Stock Breeders" in this link extension.psu.edu/modern-meat-chicken-industry/
@tedlahm5740 Жыл бұрын
@@chickensinmygarden Truly astonishing. The hens are laying FERTILIZED eggs for 40 weeks. One matting and the hen can stay fertile for 6 weeks. Thank You for the information. Perhaps you could/would include it in your FUTURE informative video.