How old was your rooster...

[Harmony Fowl]

15 days old up to seven months. The youngest was a Cochin/EE mix, the oldest was a silkie.

 

[BlackHackle]

15 days old up to seven months. The youngest was a Cochin/EE mix, the oldest was a silkie.

I once had a Lavender Orpington take a year to do his first crow

 

[Art_plus_chickens]

THREE WEEKS!?!?!? Holy cow... erm chicken! Lol

That's exactly what we thought!
It was winter still so I had them in my guest bathroom and one night he just let it go...he was an overachiever

 

[techbsmith]

Of my recent boys - my Golden Laced Wyandotte began at 14 weeks. My dark brahma began at 15 weeks, and my buff brahma is 17 weeks but still no crowing.

 

[Art_plus_chickens]

I once had a Lavender Orpington take a year to do his first crow

I think that's how it's going to be with my paint silkie roo. He's 6-7months old and very slow to mature.

 

[RichardTheRooster]

Mine started around 13 weeks, hes got a pretty good crow now. I hope later to day to post pictures of him lol

 

[andreanar]

My last roo was a Black Langshan and he didn't start to crow until 7 months old. He had me so confused.

 

[Art_plus_chickens]

My last roo was a Black Langshan and he didn't start to crow until 7 months old. He had me so confused.

Wanna hear confused...
I have a silkie that I have had all this time since January thinking it was a pullet as she had no comb, then about a few weeks ago out of no where she popped a comb. Ok so she is a he...nope the following week she squatted for me and then another week goes by and she's laying eggs! Looking at her you'd say roo, yes? Here's a pic!

Also this Cochin hen from week two had a huge bright red comb, then around the same time frame as the silkie she squatted and has given me a couple dozen eggs! These two have had me sooo baffled! View attachment 1466874

 

[Harmony Fowl]

Wanna hear confused...
I have a silkie that I have had all this time since January thinking it was a pullet as she had no comb, then about a few weeks ago out of no where she popped a comb. Ok so she is a he...nope the following week she squatted for me and then another week goes by and she's laying eggs! Looking at her you'd say roo, yes? Here's a pic! View attachment 1466869


Also this Cochin hen from week two had a huge bright red comb, then around the same time frame as the silkie she squatted and has given me a couple dozen eggs! These two have had me sooo baffled! View attachment 1466874

My silkie is similarly confusing. I have crowing and no eggs right now, so it's a boy, for now. I had been convinced it was a girl prior to the crowing. Its behavior is just so confusing. 95% of the time, the bantam Cochin cockerel he lives with treats him like a hen, but I've never seen any mating, though I have seen chasing. He squats for us. He likes to sit in nests. And he crows, which I've never known a hen to do unless there was no rooster around and we have several. 98% sure it's a boy, but I will not be the slightest bit surprised if I find eggs in there someday (he would be the only girl in the run, if indeed he's a girl instead.)

 

[sawilliams]

Lavender orpington 24 weeks before he crowed

Cuckoo maran 12-13 weeks for first crow. 14-15werks now already trying to mate