How old do roosters start crowing?

[jayde88]

Hello,
I was wondering, how old do roosters normally start crowing?
My little rooster just crowed, he's 9 weeks old, still peeps and barely has all his feathers... it took me by surprise because I thought he was a pullet and wasn't expecting the roos to crow for a while yet. Wow, they sure do grow up fast! Is this young for a rooster to start crowing?
Thanks!

 

[Attack Chicken]

I had a white leghorn roo crow at 2 weeks old :\\ Thats my record.

 

[Aquadogspa]

That is about the same age that my rooster started crowing, in fact about 10 seconds after I had just told my husband that it would be a while before he was able to crow! I think he did it just to show off!

 

[jayde88]

Attack Chicken -- 2 WEEKS OLD????!!!!!! WOW!!!!

Aquadogspa, yeah, funny how that happens! I was sure he was a hen, even named him Alice Isabella...

 

[Uppity Peon]

I have 2 at 14 weeks that I have yet to hear crow. But I accepted another one who is not much older and he crows like crazy.

 

[debilorrah]

I believe they crow whenever they darned well feel like it. My ducks just started honking. 18 weeks.

 

[duckidaho]

Our Roo started crowing at 3-4 weeks. Just enough of a squawk to let us know he was a he and not a her.

 

[kandoos]

it depends on the breed of the rooster, some of them like barred rocks start crowing erly at 3-5 weeks and other like australorps and sex-link crow after the 12th week ,,, and so

 

[lilmouthy]

Mine are about 11 weeks...have yet to hear any of them crow. I keep going out there |"crowing" right beside my biggest Roo,but he just looks up at me like I'm crazy. LOL

 

[SunAngel]

My bantam Frizzle Cochin is 2 months old and is just starting with the strangled sounds. I heard it for the first time yesterday and again this morning...he sounds so pathetic lol I was hoping he would wait awhile to start crowing, but guess he didn't agree.

I did have a little bantam OEGB at one time that started crowing at 5 weeks.