coturnix roo's - do they not crow in the winter?

[bkvail]

I have 1 tux roo, 2 tux hens, 2 brown hens and a golden hen all together in one pen. I culled down to just the 6 for the winter.... I have not heard my tux roo crow in a couple months though - since around the time the hens stopped laying. Do they not crow in the winter? They all have that wonderful chirpy noise that they make though - I love that! They sound like frogs or crickets sometimes, LOL.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

I guess not, I hadn't noticed it until I read your post but ours aren't crowing either. And thinking about it I haven't heard them since the egg production dropped off.

Steve in NC

 

[Wifezilla]

Mine doesn't crow all the time. Just every once in a while he lets one rip. He is mostly quiet though. It is the girls that never shut up

 

[bkvail]

my welsummer roo would never shut up, LOL. I'm surprised the coturnix are so quiet. I like it though. I ended up giving my welsummer pair away and I don't miss the crowing. Although coturnix crowing is so different and not nearly as annoying, I do miss that....

 

[jetto]

Yeah ours have quieted down also...Every so often one will crow but its rare since it got cold.

Egg production is going in spurts. They completely stopped for a few days, then started with maybe an egg or two; now back up to 3-4 eggs a day from maybe a dozen or so hens.

And I love that cricket noise! Kristi

 

[jerseygirl1]

Mine, too - I thought they were molting, guess not

 

[ksukristin]

mine doesn't crow as long as he's got his gals to keep him happy- hearing him crow is rare nowadays...but when I have him pulled into a separate pen for whatever reason he is loud as all get out!

 

[Mary Of Exeter]

I've heard mine a few times lately. I have noticed that they slack off a bit during the winter.

 

[sojono]

just take him away from the girls and you will hear him crow.

 

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