Do all roosters crow

[philipchickymad]

i really want a roo but my dad wont let me bcause they would wake him up is there any breed that dosent crow often/loudly or ever

 

[Mexcellentchick]

I have 2 silkie roosters, my white ones crows but my black one hasn't really made much noise and I was starting to wonder if he was ok. He's eating and everything but he is very submissive and when my white one jumps on him he just lays there like a lump on a log. Wondering if I didn't have the white one if he would start?

 

[luckydawn]

Getting Desperate. I got 12 buff orpingtons, strait run, that are now 22 weeks and I still can't tell hen from roo. I definitely have 1 roo, who crows, but I thought at 1 point I had 8 roos but no one else is crowing. 4 Hens have nothing on top, 4 have something but not big bright red, 3 seem for sure to be roos but only 1 crows. they are also now with the flock that has 1 large leghorn roo. Any help appreciated. Too many chickens but I don't want to send good hens to the stew pot or keep feeding roosters. I've looked at pictures and I just don't know...

 

[Peeps61]

I know that but I have chicks that are several weeks old and I'm not sure if my polish chicks crow

I have a polish rooster, and he crows frequently, but not all the time. Usually when there is activity going on around him and at dawn.

 

[Peeps61]

Nope. All of them crow at some point or another, even if it's infrequently. You CAN have them decrowed if you can find a vet to do it.

 

[lpyrbby]

Just chiming in. I have two cockerels. One started crowing at like 12-14 weeks. They're 19 weeks old now and the second one JUST started crowing either yesterday or Sunday.

 

[luckydawn]

So the chances of having 4-8 buff orpington roos and only 1 crows? I am joining them with another flock with a big leghorn roo. I'm wondering if all but the most dominent BO just keep quiet to keep safe. At some point I need to get the roo's out ...but I don't know what's what.

 

[Peeps61]

I have BO hens, but no roosters, so I can't speak to that. I would think as laid back as that particular breed is, the junior roosters would not crow as much, but I can't say for sure as I don't have any experience with roosters of that breed - only hens.

 

[Choco Maran]

All rooster crow. It just depends on the rooster how often it crows. Some are quieter then other but I do not know of any one breed that is less noise than the next.

 

[Jmay402]

I have a 5 month old Cuckoo Maran rooster that I have never heard crow. My dominant rooster is a Black Austrolorp and is a year older than the maran. The black austrolorp kind of bullies the maran. I think the maran will not crow because he is trying to hide and not get noticed or just being submissive to the dominant rooster. I had a little bantam rooster with the black austrolorp up until a few months ago. He crowed all the time. The two of them never really seemed to care about each other. I would say every rooster / flock could be different on when they crow.