Crowing Lessons?

[nluoma]

Do roosters teach baby roos to crow? We bought a beautiful, full grown Wheaten Americana roo and brought him home to our flock of new (all under 4 months old) chickens. Turns out we have incredible luck, and ended up with four other roosters. Now, Raphael appears to be running crowing lessons every morning. He flies up to the top of the coop and crows, then each of the little roos take a turn crowing back. Then Raphael does it again..... and on and on. I'm glad my neighbors are far away, and that they don't usually start until around now. (They're up to it right now.)
Is this normal? I must admit that the little ones are getting better. I can tell them apart, but they are definitely improving.

 

[Judy]

Yup, it's normal. I used to have neighbors on both sides with chickens and would listen to the roosters crow back and forth at each other, as if they were having a conversation. (Fortunately, I love to hear crowing.) They don't learn it; they will crow even if they've never heard a crow.