Cocerned about raising roosters for meat

[Gravedigger]

At what age do roosters start crowing?
I don't want to annoy the neighbors.
If they don't start before 10 weeks all is well.
Thank you

 

[dichotomymom]

I got my day olds April first and my one roo started crowing around the beginning of July.

 

[patandchickens]

Two of my 4 CornishX cockerels were crowing by 6 wks (I think one started around 4.5 or 5 wks in fact). Mind they probably won't *all* do that, but, you know.

Good luck,

Pat

 

[CarolMinnesota]

I raised 25 mixed heavy and 25 mixed "fancies" roosters this summer. A couple started crowing at 5 weeks. Some never crowed (at least not in front of me). All were slaughtered by 6 months.

Carol in Minnesota

 

[greyfields]

If you are raising purebred roosters for meat, they certainly will be crowing by the time they are ready to be eaten... which is usually at the 15+ week mark. They'll very much be males.

 

[willheveland]

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I think your going to be close.Mine seemed to crow from 10-12 weeks. Will

 

[patandchickens]

Oh yes, if you don't mean CornishX, it could be earlier as well. Heck I had a campine cockerel (admittedly not a breed you would choose for meat

) who started crowing at, IIRC, 18 days old.

Pat

 

[Gravedigger]

CornishX is what I was thinking of getting in straight run

 

[jvls1942]

just how close are these neighbors and how many of them are there??

You would be surprised how people become deaf and more tolerant when they have a nice free, freshly butchered chicken in their refrigerator..

don't call it bribery,,, call it sharing the wealth..

 

[Gravedigger]

We live in a neighborhood with 3/4 acre lots. Is worth it to harvest the offender early or just get females?