do young roosters crow?

[karlamaria]

I have a rhode island red about 11weeks old, he/she seems to tend the flock at times,watch, move with the girls and tends to fluff up and peck once in a while, but... If it's a roo he has never crowed. When do they start this?

 

[aubreynoramarie]

My first roo didn't crow until after he was five months old. (so, maybe around 20-24 weeks old?)

 

[Kristopher]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DtRNhMDQQQ

My rooster crowing at 1.5 months old.

 

[gritsar]

Depends on the roo and somewhat on his enviroment.

One of my adult roos didn't start really crowing until after I re-homed his more dominant brother, roughly 15 months old. My other adult roo started crowing at TWO weeks olds.

Now I have three young cockerels, they'll be 4 months old on Saturday. Two of them, not a peep yet. One started crowing when he got overly attached to me and didn't like me to be out of his sight. He would crow whenever I went in the house. Once he figured out I wasn't a hen to be courted, he stopped.

 

[TeriyakiChicken]

mine started at about 18-20 weeks

depends on the breed and environment though

Good Luck!

 

[MTopPA_18707]

My Black Australorps started crowing at 8.5 weeks of age.

Kevin

 

[kimntep]

Bantam Serama, Little Man, started at 8 weeks or so and The Fuzz just this morning at 14 weeks! It'll happen pretty soon I'd think and it sure sounds pitifully cute!

 

[karlamaria]

I sure hope my baby is not a boy, we live in the city

this will make my kids extremely sad . we had purchased insured female birds, but Im thinking an astrolorp is also male. She is the same age as al the other birds, but has waddles and a different color comb. ugh, I hope not, this will make my kids so sad. as we will have to give them to someone.

 

[christina1982]

That was the cutest video ever!

 

[kimntep]

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That's the best! I wish I could get my little guy on video. He's so tiny and only 14 weeks, but he sure thinks he's the man.