Do roosters cluck like hens?

[Chickassan]

Nope, the young ones practice before it is time to be a man "at least the good ones do". The one here would do it in a corner of the coop. He was probably working on his nest making.

Hello everyone. I love this site. I have a question about our Rooster who is 4 months old. He crows all the time and makes other sounds as well.
But today, I heard him doing this constant clucking sound. I ran down to the coop to see that it was him standing in the corner facing the wall while clucking. He has done this twice now. The oldest hens are also only 4 months. I read previous answers before asking this question. Our hens are not laying yet. Could his clucking mean something else?

 

[LeeMcQuay]

Nope, the young ones practice before it is time to be a man "at least the good ones do". The one here would do it in a corner of the coop. He was probably working on his nest making.

 

[LeeMcQuay]

I am totally new to this raising chickens. So are you saying that he is practicing picking out the nesting site for the hens?

 

[Chickassan]

Yes,but some fellas will actually round out a nest site to call the girls to.

I am totally new to this raising chickens. So are you saying that he is practicing picking out the nesting site for the hens?

 

[LeeMcQuay]

Yes,but some fellas will actually round out a nest site to call the girls to.

Thank you so much. I was really worried because he was just standing there staring at the back wall clucking away. The nesting boxes were on the wall furthest from him. You seem to know a lot about rooseters I wonder if you might have some insight. When we originally decided to get chickens we didn't research it. We ended up with 3 rosters and 3 hens. Once we discovered it we then went and purchased 11 more hens. We have a Polish rooster and 2 Silkie roosters. The polish is definitely the dominant one. Do you think there will be peace between the roosters and 14 hens? We have the same scenario with the ducklings we purchased. We now have 3 drakes and one female. This is what we get for buying without researching first.

 

[Biddybot]

By 'clucking', do you mean a soft, sort of burbling song that sounds a bit like a continuous 'klug-klug-klug-klug-klug', repeated in long strings ad nauseum at times at about twice the tempo of their tidbitting call? The adult roosters tend to do it while sitting in a potential nest site, the young cockerals more so anytime, anywhere once they've started to learn that a little finesse works better with the girls than a chase and a grab and they feel the need to practice? Yeah, they do that. Attracts the hens and may also be directed at you to beg for attention, if it's a tame bird that enjoys being handled. My current #2 young guy, who used to bite so hard during his sex-crazed phase that I called him Mack The Knife, started burbling a lot instead a while back and it sounds so pleasant that I changed his name to Caruso. He's the best 'clucker' of the male lot right now.

 

[Chickassan]

You might have more issues between your drake and the chickens in general than you will between the roosters. The drake very well might fight your boys and mate your hens, neither is good. He cannot be allowed to mate the chickens, it will injure or possibly kill them. The roosters may get along fine, one will be the boss though and probably be fairly hard on the lesser roosters. You've got some odd breeds though so it shouldn't be too bad. I know a fair amount about roosters, i'm always learning though. Now iv'e got a big faverolles boy and ten ladies. I did have five fellas lol! I hatched out alot of little guys and just one girl.

Thank you so much. I was really worried because he was just standing there staring at the back wall clucking away. The nesting boxes were on the wall furthest from him. You seem to know a lot about rooseters I wonder if you might have some insight. When we originally decided to get chickens we didn't research it. We ended up with 3 rosters and 3 hens. Once we discovered it we then went and purchased 11 more hens. We have a Polish rooster and 2 Silkie roosters. The polish is definitely the dominant one. Do you think there will be peace between the roosters and 14 hens? We have the same scenario with the ducklings we purchased. We now have 3 drakes and one female. This is what we get for buying without researching first.

 

[LeeMcQuay]

Thank you. The drakes have went into molt and so far they hang out with the 4 month old hens and roosters without incident. But when spring comes around I am not sure what we will do. We have a creek that they can get in when they want. May have to try and separate them during mating season. As for having 3 rosters, I hope to see signs of at least the 2 silkie roos choosing some of the younger hens that we bought after discovering the fact we had 3 rosters. So far they still act as 2 separate flocks.

 

[LeeMcQuay]

Yes,but some fellas will actually round out a nest site to call the girls to.

The girls don't know what he was doing either. They all froze in place including our ducks. They are all only 4 months old too, so they are still learning as well. I have loved having them and being outside with them.

 

[LeeMcQuay]

By 'clucking', do you mean a soft, sort of burbling song that sounds a bit like a continuous 'klug-klug-klug-klug-klug', repeated in long strings ad nauseum at times at about twice the tempo of their tidbitting call? The adult roosters tend to do it while sitting in a potential nest site, the young cockerals more so anytime, anywhere once they've started to learn that a little finesse works better with the girls than a chase and a grab and they feel the need to practice? Yeah, they do that. Attracts the hens and may also be directed at you to beg for attention, if it's a tame bird that enjoys being handled. My current #2 young guy, who used to bite so hard during his sex-crazed phase that I called him Mack The Knife, started burbling a lot instead a while back and it sounds so pleasant that I changed his name to Caruso. He's the best 'clucker' of the male lot right now.

It is a loud continuous clucking sound. The neighbors chickens do it when laying an egg, if that helps?