Why do roosters crow?

[basicliving]

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I love that picture! They look like they have arms tucked behind their backs - just full of attitude. Very cute.

My roosters crow all day, every day. They start early and end late. They crow when I go outside. They crow when I come inside. They crow the whole time I'm outside and the whole time I'm inside. They crow when someone comes to visit us and they crow when someone leaves. Sometimes I know why they are crowing, but usually I have no idea. And I love every cock-a-doodle-do that comes out of them!

 

[Homesteading_Bound]

Hello rebecca10782......

You should enter those two lovelies in the.. Pic Of The Week.....

 

[gritsar]

Rebecca they are adorable!

 

[rebecca10782]

Aww thanks

But they are responsible for the picture, I just held the camera

I was wondering if you can send in pic of weeks after you have had yours picked. They posted my late Ellie last year. Oh well, I will try anyway

 

[rzoller16]

My Bantem crows when I walk away from the coop. And he crows starting around 4:30am. He thinks he is the boss the girls think different. I wondered why he crows but the whole announcing his territory thing makes since.

 

[Ron]

Because they can't yodel?

 

[rebecca10782]

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Now that would be a sight to see!

 

[feniks]

Ive got a 6 months rooster and he dont crow im so worried about this thing and i dont know what to do .Could someone tell me something about this?

 

[PunkinPeep]

When i watch them, i'm pretty sure they're intercepting messages from outer space that tell them to crow....the way they're pecking at the ground and scratching around - and then suddenly, it's like they heard something (intercepted a message), and then they look around, suck in their chests, and let her rip! I love watching them. But yes, i'm pretty sure roosters crow because aliens tell them to.

But seriously, i have three rir cockerels who are 16 1/2 weeks old, and they started crowing roughly a month ago, and very quickly two of them stopped crowing, and the chief cockerel does all the crowing now. I miss when they all crowed 'cause i could tell their voices apart, and that was fun.

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Is this one the only rooster or are there other, more dominant roosters in the flock? If there are, he's probably just submissive to the older rooster. That's what i assume is going on anyway - from what i read. I'm no expert.

 

[M To The Maxx]

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I agree. They also crow for territory reasons.