Do They All Crow?

[fuzzi]

I bought a straight run of ten Speckled Sussex bantams. Seven are cockerels. They're eleven weeks old and I've been hearing some attempts at crowing.

Here's my question: in a flock as I have with several males, will they ALL start crowing or just the dominant one(s)?

 

[Mantisquailman]

In my experience all of my roos crow [ and I once had 3 roos at the same time] so I would think that all of yours would crow.

 

[aart]

I bought a straight run of ten Speckled Sussex bantams. Seven are cockerels. They're eleven weeks old and I've been hearing some attempts at crowing.

Here's my question: in a flock as I have with several males, will they ALL start crowing or just the dominant one(s)?

They might not all be matured enough to crow yet.......and some might not due to submission.

 

[NatJ]

Here's my question: in a flock as I have with several males, will they ALL start crowing or just the dominant one(s)?

I would expect them all to crow eventually, no matter whether they are dominant or not. But some may wait longer than others before they start.

 

[fuzzi]

Thanks for the information. I shudder to think of seven roos crowing...

 

[FunClucks]

I had 12 standard fowl roosters. Was trying to breed some green eggers. At around 2.5 months they started crowing. Every few days a new one would start up. Once half of them were crowing around 3 months, I sold them. I expect they all would've crowed eventually. One would start, and they'd all chime in.

 

[fuzzi]

I had 12 standard fowl roosters. Was trying to breed some green eggers. At around 2.5 months they started crowing. Every few days a new one would start up. Once half of them were crowing around 3 months, I sold them. I expect they all would've crowed eventually. One would start, and they'd all chime in.

 

[FunClucks]

Those are great!

It was funny how each of mine had a different crow. Some of them crowed like their father, and some sounded more like their moms' egg songs. All very different.