Umm, I'm serious. He's over a year old. He's sexually mature for breeding (not that I'm even planning on breeding him). Anyways, he see's me as his mate.

If he sees you as his mate and doesn't decide to birdie-divorce you when a hen shows up, it's possible that there might be problems with him being aggressive toward the hen.

Good point. I'll keep them side-by-side until I know things will be ok between them.