ANOTHER question on Cornish...crowing?

[aclee]

I was planning to go with Cornish Males, but these chicks will be outlaws...we don't have the acreage to raise chickens says the city. So am I asking to get caught with males? How early do they crow? I'm wanting about 15 I think....Maybe I should go all female or straight run so they would be quieter?

 

[toejam]

You shouldnt have a problem.. depending on when you butcher. If you do around 10 weeks or so you should be fine.

 

[willheveland]

At the end of your 8 weeks you may have a few just starting to crow. You may want to go with females if it will be an issue. But it will not sound like a crow more like someone strangling a chicken. Usually it is like after 10 weeks that they start crowing where it may get annoying. Will

 

[silkiechicken]

They usually aren't around long enough to ever get a "real" crow out. At most a honk.

 

[aclee]

Thanks! I imagine that any time they start to "crow" too much, the dogs will bark anyway, so that should cover it up anyway...mostly roo's it is

 

[95yj]

when my mom heard them "crow" she asked me if the noise was some kind of weird wild bird. And my mom is fairly knowledgable about chickens. It sounds more like a dogs squeaky toy to me.

 

[jaku]

I butcher at 8 weeks, and I've never heard a crow.

 

[pdpatch]

If and when the do crow it's not nearly as loud as a heritage type. Much quieter and sickly sounding.

Tom