does young crowing cockerel = obnoxious crowing roo?

[technodoll]

Curious to hear your reports on this...

If a cockerel starts crowing at a very young age (a few weeks old), does that mean he will end up being an obnoxious always-crowing rooster when older?

And if a cockerel starts crowing late in life (5+ months...), does that mean he will be less inclined to be a loud-mouth when mature?

Or is there no corrolation at all and it's just down to the individual rooster & place on the totem pole?

 

[Schrebergaertner]

I'm no expert, but we've raised two roos. The first one started crowing late. Our new one started at 6-7 weeks. As adults, they ended up with just about the same crowing habits. I had the same question a few months back when our young one started crowing and posted in an old thread with lots of good info on the topic:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=276743

 

[gale65]

Our roo started crowing at about 12 weeks, and he crows ALL THE TIME now. Luckily we don't have any neighbors.

 

[mommissan]

My roo was mute for 20 weeks then all of a sudden he was crowing, first softly, then uncontrollably, all day long! Totally unpredictable!

 

[TomGallopavo]

I like crowing. We picked Jimbo because of it and most importantly, his demeanor. I suppose if you have neighbors nearby (we don't) they might consider it "obnoxious".

JIMBO

 

[dainerra]

nah, I doubt it would really make any difference because roos crow for so many different reasons. How old is he starting crowing?

 

[stilldeb]

I have two Sultan roos that started crowing in the BROODER box and are 26 wks now and still trying to outdo each other in their crowing abilities.

 

[brownysfp]

Barred Rock roo started crowing early; CB Maran started early; Faverolles roos crowing late; Rock x Maran roos, only one crowing but both will be late; L Sussex crowing late. LS is top roo, followed by BR and CB Maran then Buff Brahma (he crowed for a couple of days but gave it up). Makes no odds as far as I can see...

 

[Momhen]

I have a Light Sussex Bantam that doesn't seem to know when to stop when he crows - especially @ 5 am when it starts getting bright. Within 2 weeks of getting him we were ready to wring his neck - literally! We have 3 other roosters in a flock separated from them (just across the yard). I wonder if his obnoxious crowing was due to getting settled in and establishing himself with the other roosters. I haven't noticed him crowing much the past few weeks - but that could be because we moved his coop to the front of the house and it's darker here in the mornings! Any thoughts???

 

[Lollipop]

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I`ve raised hundreds of roosters and I gotta tell ya that they crow when the urge hits them, whether it`s 2 AM or 2 PM, or anytime in between. It there is a competitor rooster, the crowing will sometimes be more prevalent, but only because most of the feel the need to crow when they hear a crow. I like the crowing. Probably a good thing since I keep so many.......Pop