Do they all act like this?

[rancher hicks]

So I've got a new roo and his girls. Do all roosters crow continuosly? He started at 4:30 - 5:00 am and hasn't stopped. Shouldn't he take a rest during the day? I have a friz bantam and of course he's not as loud but at least he doesn't keep it up. A few crows and he's done for awhile.
The new roo is in a pen with his cell mates, some of who I'm not sure are hens, but I would have expected them to start crowing at their size. They are quarantined and inside. There is a big window. Anybody got pics of their quarantine set up. Cause I'm thinking I need a small coop just for quarantine. Of course that means another run too. Do some breeds of roos crow less? My wife says "why do you do this? You get animals and then complain when they do what they do". This from a woman who is not fond of animals.

 

[Rocky Top Chick]

Roosters crow when they experience change i.e. sunlight, noise, etc.... I bet when he gets settled in he will stop or at least for your wife's sake I hope he does

 

[joanie_maine]

I'mnewtothis :

Roosters crow when they experience change i.e. sunlight, noise, etc.... I bet when he gets settled in he will stop or at least for your wife's sake I hope he does

Yeah, he's just upset and nervous

 

[rancher hicks]

Well he's in a back room off the house and tonight he could hear the other chickens in the coop and he started going nuts. Cackleing and making noise.
I thought it was strange today cause I was feeding them bread, him and his harem and one of the girls took the bread out of his mouth and he just let her and didn't even flinch. He just stood there and acted like nothing happened.
He's just got to calm down and not crow so much. He's loud and I don't want any attention from the neighbors even though they are not real close.
I'm really stressing about this.

 

[gritsar]

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That's one thing a good roo will do, beak feed his hens.
He's in a new place and there are other roos around. He's probably crowing alot as a result; sending out a challenge to other roos. He's likely to settle down after he's more comfortable in his new surroundings.

 

[ThePolishPrincess]

Yeah, the bread thing is good. He's trying to win over his ladies AND crowing to tell everyone that he has it all. Normal.

 

[rancher hicks]

I threatened to chop his head off and now the wife is calling him "nearly headless nick".
He really a good looking Delaware I think and I got him to breed them, but good garden of peas he's loud.
Anybody here got more than one roo? I had two friz bantams but the coon killed one. They grew up together so they didn't compete.

 

[Judy]

At the moment I have about about 5 or 6 roos in a flock of 29 who are 19 weeks. The lead roo crows all day long, and a couple of others crow now and then. The mating is just now getting cranked up, and no one is laying yet. They do fine together so far. Need to separate a breed or two, or cull a couple more roos, just haven't decided which ones need to go. Crowing is not a problem here.

 

[rancher hicks]

Well I think this is a good looking roo but I'm worried he's and egg eater. Not sure yet.