crowless rooster

[wolfwhyte]

I know he has never crowed because I get rid of roosters when they begin to grow, or they get moved to a different location. This guy remains next to the house. The hens make more noise than he does. I wonder, if it is genetic, if the hens would be completely silent too?

 

[enola]

How old is your mute rooster?

 

[wolfwhyte]

The rooster is a little over a year old.

 

[enola]

Have you tried separating him from his hens? When separated from his hens he will try to talk to them, unless he is mute.....

A truly mute rooster would be a blessing.

 

[wolfwhyte]

I haven't tried separating him, but I have been paying closer attention to him. He still does not crow but made some sort if noise the other day. It was far from a crow, but it was a noise he made when startled. So I don't think he is entirely mute after all.

 

[LaDonne]

I would like to start a challenge to all of the chicken breeders to produce a crowless rooster .
 Many breeds and individuals have reduced volume and frequency of crows and it would seem a possible thing to produce a breed that was derived from quiet roosters. with the increase in urban chicken keeping i I would think that a quiet breed would be highly sought after.  The hens across the street from me produce an awful racket that is a lot more annoying to me at 5 in the morning than the leghorn next door to them so maybe a chicken breed in which both hen and rooster is quiet would be the end goal. It would seem if you can breed a rooster to be loud and persistent like a long crower then you could go the other direction too.
 Anyone willing to take up the challenge?   Suggestions on breeds to begin with ? Want to begin a breeders association so that we can cooperate and distribute good quiet roos for breeding purposes.
 Serama are a fairly quiet bird in general. Any others?

url="/t/662468/crowless-rooster#post_8942280"]I would like to start a challenge to all of the chicken breeders to produce a crowless rooster .
 Many breeds and individuals have reduced volume and frequency of crows and it would seem a possible thing to produce a breed that was derived from quiet roosters. with the increase in urban chicken keeping i I would think that a quiet breed would be highly sought after.  The hens across the street from me produce an awful racket that is a lot more annoying to me at 5 in the morning than the leghorn next door to them so maybe a chicken breed in which both hen and rooster is quiet would be the end goal. It would seem if you can breed a rooster to be loud and persistent like a long crower then you could go the other direction too.
 Anyone willing to take up the challenge?   Suggestions on breeds to begin with ? Want to begin a breeders association so that we can cooperate and distribute good quiet roos for breeding purposes.
 Serama are a fairly quiet bird in general. Any others?
[/quote]My question is what is the purpose for crowing? I have 4 roosters and they crow all times of the night and day. The usually start around 12:30 am and go off and on all night. There is bound to be a physiological purpose. They flap their wings before they crow. I'm assuming that this causes their chest and lungs to expand therefore giving a haughty crow or two or three......

 

[LaDonne]

Sorry didn't mean to step on someone elses
Blog. I'm really new at this and couldn't find how to post on my own until now

 

[LaDonne]

Sorry didn't mean to step on someone elses
Blog. I'm really new at this and couldn't find how to post on my own until now

Please read # 36 at the bottom of their blog I actually put my question on it

 

[maranfarmer563]

There are quieter and lower crowing roosters,and I'm sure you could breed for that trait. I live in the country and awake to roosters every day,don't even own an alarm clock. In fact this summer I purchased tomaru and denizli long crower's to enhance my morning pleasure

 

[Qwatra]

I'M WORKING ON THIS! In fact, the goal is a true urban chicken. So far I have sorted through a lot of breeds for a lot of reasons. I have come to the conclusion that this breed needs to be a Bantam because larger breeds are just too destructive on a lawn. There are bantams that still make good meat birds, having a relatively large breast. My favorite breed until recently was the D'Uccle. But my focus is now on the new Olandsk dwarf. This breed has great potential! Still researching, but I like what I have learned so far! Much work will still be needed to make them a good urban chicken. The size needs to come up just a bit, as well as egg size. I'll keep an eye on this thread and post updates!