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  1. ChookieG

    Rooster Crowing Behaviour - Is it Easily Heritable?

    If you can toilet train a chicken, I'm guessing it can be done.. You can certainly train a roo to crow more often though.. which I stupidly did unintentionally... till it was too late... it started when I will go over to the run and throw scratch to them whenever my roo crowed thinking it would...
  2. ChookieG

    Rooster Crowing Behaviour - Is it Easily Heritable?

    Hey @klb25, will be nice if you could update us on the crowing outcome of his boys in the near future??
  3. ChookieG

    Rooster Crowing Behaviour - Is it Easily Heritable?

    Very interesting observations. I summize from what you've said is environmental pressures can inadvertently affect genetic outcomes? If so then let's hope that the principles of Epigenetics would play a dominant role in the selection of the chicken crow, which I mentioned in a previous posting...
  4. ChookieG

    Rooster Crowing Behaviour - Is it Easily Heritable?

    Yeah I know! I didn't know they even existed till a year back! I can't believe such a cute creature's even real!! :lau
  5. ChookieG

    Rooster Crowing Behaviour - Is it Easily Heritable?

    Amazing! My two roo cockerels (12 weeks old) have started crowing mostly in the morning. I heard them crow late in the evening (at around 8pm) 3 days ago and once yesterday afternoon at around 3. I'm guessing things will change once they are sexually mature (?) but for now things are nice as it...
  6. ChookieG

    Rooster Crowing Behaviour - Is it Easily Heritable?

    Hmmm... yes that would seem its due more to their environment. 🤔
  7. ChookieG

    Rooster Crowing Behaviour - Is it Easily Heritable?

    Thanks @the_peanut_coop! Pity nobody's put forward their experiences yet. Maybe I've posted this thread during the holiday season when most people are offline?? 🙄 @SarahGfa & @MadamContrary, would you care to comment on your experiences? :)
  8. ChookieG

    Rooster Crowing Behaviour - Is it Easily Heritable?

    Hello fellow BYCers! This topic has been mentioned in several postings in various threads but I thought I'll try and compile more empirical evidence of people's experiences with their Roosters from just this thread. What I'll like to find out in particular is if anyone has any Rooster/s that...
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