Crowing? already? Do I have a chicken prodigy on my hands?

[JAK Rabbitry]

So for the past week I thought the pitiful crowing was coming from a stall that has a couple 3-4 month old roosters in them.
Though yesterday, I'm feeding the chickens in the brooder....and it turns out here be the source!
This is my first time raising Jersey Giant so I didn't know if it was unusual for them to start crowing so early.... they are 8 weeks and 2 days old today. I thought they matured slower due to their size, actually. But before you ask...definitely a crow. Pitiful to say the least.... that squawking unsure.... "Er.....ERRR????" And he responds to the big roosters crowing outside the barn.

So....genius chicken or is this normal?

 

[Matt A NC]

Normal. Hearing another Rooster will get them going early. Thought 2 months is not really early.

My last run of chicks set a record here. I had an Ameraucana or a Maran start crowing(squeek with intention) at 3 DAYS OLD! Sounded like the little thing was choking to death.

Matt

 

[pgpoultry]

Well my Brahma boys are really retarded....they didn't start until over 6 months! (for which I am grateful).

Those Jersey Giants really do start to sing early.

Sandie

 

[JAK Rabbitry]

Ah! Thanks for all the info. We bought 100+ chicks of various breeds this year and none of them started crowing until they a good couple months old, so I was a bt astounded to see this guy crowing already!
Thanks again.

-JAK

 

[Tomhusker]

My BR was 13 weeks. I have a Lavender Orpington at 13 weeks that has not crowed.

 

[gritsar]

Normal. One of my LF brahmas (also a late maturing breed) started crowing at 10 weeks old. The same week he started trying to mate some seriously opposed pullets.

 

[Happy Chooks]

It's normal.

You see this guy -------->

He was 4 DAYS old when he started crowing.

 

[speckledhen]

Yup, I've had at least three different cockerels, three different breeds, crow before they were a week old. It's precious!

 

[Lbrad7]

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I thought my Sebright had set a record for crowing at 2 weeks.Your bird at 3 days has to be the new bench mark. I thought he was choking on something but once I started really watching him, I noticed he was stretching that neck out like he was a grown roo! Now at 23 weeks, he is a lean mean crowing machine. My cochins are the same age and have just now started to crow.