Crowing question

[FloorCandy]

Since I sent the bad boys to freezer camp, I still have at least 3 I can feather sex as male, there are 2 others I believe are male. The 2 I feel like are male crow, but it isn’t a 3 tone crow, it’s only 2. It’s like the last 2 gargly tones without the first. Since I packed the others off on their trip, I haven’t heard any real crows, the 3 male pharaohs don’t crow, and 2 rosettas crow short crows. Is it normal for a male to only do part crows like that, or is it something weird like a female trying imitate or something? Do females ever make those gargly crow sounds? Online all I find are females grunting or chirping.

I check for foam regularly, and the Rosetta I caught “crowing” today had a small amount, but again it was a very small amount and I was unsure if it was male foam being made by a male, or male foam left behind after mating.

They turned 6 weeks this past Sunday.

 

[Quail4Fun]

I have a tuxedo I was sure was a male. Crowed quite a bit but it was a slightly lower, softer pitch than the others and is a pretty bird so I thought... I'll save that one to cull last because I can tolerate that crow if I'm going to keep a boy. Just sounded different than the others typical shrill crow. But also not like the 'locator call'. Low and behold, after culling all the really obnoxious males, this particular bird calmed down and popped out an egg. Haven't heard much from her since. I have 2 other males and they hardly ever crow now that it is just them and their ladies. I also culled based on loudness as my birds are indoor city birds so that was my most important criteria.

 

[Nabiki]

If it crows, it's male.

 

[FloorCandy]

If it crows, it's male.

But can a crow just be 2 notes not the usual 3? It sounds like the other crows, same loudness, pitch, tone, but 2 notes instead of 3.

 

[Nabiki]

But can a crow just be 2 notes not the usual 3? It sounds like the other crows, same loudness, pitch, tone, but 2 notes instead of 3.

Can you post a recording?

 

[FloorCandy]

I will try, but by the time I got my phone out of my pocket he had stopped. I pulled him out and put a green band on him since most of the rosettas more or less look the same. Maybe I can fish him out and put him in the brooder, and he will crow for his friends, that’s what the last one did.

 

[FloorCandy]

This is not my video or my birds, but if you listen, the pharaoh makes a two tone call and the Tibetan makes a 3 tone. My male made the two tone, since the bird in the video is a male, I guess it answers my question that males can make a two tone call. I was concerned I had a pretender.

 

[Nabiki]

Yep. Those are definitely both crows.