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The culling is more of a last resort. I would have liked to keep the roo to breed for chicks as his color was absolutely beautiful but he crowed nonstop from the hours of 12am-4am. I even moved him indoors along with his hens in case it was something bothering him outside but no go, he crowed his head off for over a week even in a pitch black room. His brother rarely crowed so it wasn't anything environmental, maybe he really loved the sound of his voice...Quails have roosters that crow??? I had no idea! We have lots of California quail on our property- never have I heard a crow from them...
In my experience Roosters crow exactly for reasons a dog would bark. When my roos hear something suspicious at night they crow in the dead of night. They also crow all day long to alert and to impress the neighbor rooster. I can’t imagine culling a roo because he alerts at night - not any more than I would shoot my dog for the offense...
Luckily I haven’t had an obsessive crower yet. And we have the right to farm on our property so no one can complain. To be honest, I love the crowing - when we were roosterless for a few months I really missed the sound...