rooster crow

So this crowing thing? Chickens… why do chickens crow? What motivation do they have? What’s their motive….? What happens when they crow? collars soften crow but can the crow be put to a comfortable stifle…? Chickens ears close when they crow… for protection Sounds kinda out there… but could the...

Call me naive, but I used to think all roosters would sound the same. And then I got chickens 🤭 I was surprised to hear different variations from each of 3 boys. It got me wondering how many variations are there? I'd love to know what your roos and cockerels say! Here's my 3 boys: Pedro, my...

Sometimes I play with my rooster by trying to get him to crow. I’ll try and make the sound and sometimes it’ll make him crow in response but other times he’ll shake his head back and forth. I call it his little dance but my dad says he’s probably telling me no he doesn’t want to crow. What’s the...

Wow. This has been an adventure. I wanted to share and see if anyone else has tried this with success. I read somewhere or heard from someone that they trained their rooster to not crow by hanging around all day next to the run with a squirt pistol, a lounge chair and a good book. I thought...

Our new hen was impatient to be let out this afternoon. We'd just let her out for a wander around the yard and she wanted to be let out again, but we thought we'd wait another hour or so. At first she was just making her typical 'let me out' noises (a sort of rrawwwk noise) and then suddenly she...

Some of you have seen my other posts regarding my miracle chick and current batch of eggs incubating, but since I'm the the type to plan A-Z I'm trying to make plans for roosters. Now...live in the city, but local law allows for backyard chickens (no roosters) with the amount allowed depending...