I don't think my little girl is a little girl afterall :( Crowing???? Video attached...

[aoxa]

gapeach - when the crowing started all my other chicks just froze...they were sooooo startled...it cracked me up!!!  I froze too!  I had no idea what that was

My chicks are with all my big chickens in a separate fenced off area. My rooster crows and they all stop what they are doing in complete shock. They have grown to accept the sounds. I have never had a cockerel that crowed as early as your guy though! I have a 11 week old cockerel that is still without a crow.

 

[aoxa]

i would LOVE a roo or twelve, but i am in a close hoa neighborhood where technically i am already an outlaw with hens, roos would KILL my chance to have them at all....i think that is the problem with many "back yard chickens" people. Many of us live still in an area where roosters are frowned upon or banned altogether. and hell hath no fury like a loudmouthed neighbor squawking more than my hens!

I would be prepared that you will be complained about. It is just a matter of time unfortunately. We don't even have a bilaw outlawing us. That is what left room for complaint. Since it neither says we can or we can't, they had to take it to a bigger town closeby.

We got a notice saying to remove them within 30 days. We fought it down to 3 months. We already had a place to live by April, so we are good. I was planning on moving anyway, but I don't like being told what I can and cannot do. I am just trying to be self sufficient and enjoy my pets.

I'm a little racist against old people now.

 

[Apyl]

Cute video. My chicks are 4 1/2 weeks old now, some make the motion but no noise comeout lol I can't wait. Luckily we're pretty far in the woods with no neighbors to complain.

 

[pinkribbons4]

You can always make sure they have a sound proof coop. The roosters do the majority of their crowing in the AM, and that's when people get ticked off, so if they can't hear them before 8 am, I don't think you should have much of an issue. I have not had any complaints about the crowing, but I have had some about the possibility of diseases spreading to humans (old folks home next door) and the possibility of smell. Note the bolded words. POSSIBILITY. Oh and the POSSIBILITY of rodents.
We are moving, but it is not because of our roosters. I love the sound of them crowing

But this wouldn't solve the problem of fertilized eggs

 

[aoxa]

But this wouldn't solve the problem of fertilized eggs :/

Why would fertile eggs be a problem? :/

They taste exactly the same, and are not actually growing chicks until they are incubated.

 

[pinkribbons4]

Why would fertile eggs be a problem?

They taste exactly the same, and are not actually growing chicks until they are incubated.

Really? I feel like a dumb butt

 

[aoxa]

Really?  I feel like a dumb butt

Honest to god. I eat mine unless I feel like taking the time to hatch them. They are not alive when they are fertilized. They don't start developing without being under a heat source (ie; hen or incubator) for a good 24 hours. Not to mention they have to have a cool off period beforehand.

If you have fertile eggs, you can have chicks or eating eggs. You can also sell fertilized eggs for more than un-fertilized eggs (depending on who's buying).

 

[pinkribbons4]

Can you see a difference in a fertilized egg? Do they taste any different? So if I plan on collecting eggs both morning and night, I shouldn't have a problem with them being "incubated"?

 

[wilbilt]

My neighbor across the road has a large number of roosters (like over 100). They make noise all day and night, but I guess I have got used to it, because I don't even notice them.

When friends from the city come to visit, they ask how we can stand the "noise" of all of those roosters. I tell them I prefer it to the sound of traffic and sirens.

 

[spikennipper]

Most def a little boy if he's crowing at that age I'd say, if you do need to rehome him you shouldn't have too much trouble as he is an attractive breed, unfortunately that's what happens when we hatch eggs no way of knowing what we will get

he may not be your only one...I'm still waiting for my lone chick to crow he is most def a boy at 2 months old it's quite apparent! not great for me either as I can't keep him...neighbours...but I plan to get some more fertile eggs breeding him to my hens before he has to go so it's not all bad, he'll be kept in a hutch indoors overnight so he doesn't bother anyone.