Is 2 week old chick trying to crow

[Spud Chicken]

In Oct. only one Blue Orpington chick hatched. Yesterday I was holding the chick, and it does all the motions of a rooster crowing but no sound. At this post the chick is 16 days old and was wondering if this chick might be rooster.

 

[jbourget]

no chick would even be thinking of crowing at this age

 

[Spud Chicken]

That's what I thought, but you never know.

 

[aoxa]

Can you post a video? I'd love to see this!

 

[willowbranchfarm]

my chick will strech it's neck out and open it's mouth wide. What is it doing?

 

[De]

I don't know about standards, but I have had some bantams before start at 2 to 3 weeks...so it maybe....

 

[HEChicken]

Quote:
Actually, this question has come up before on BYC and I read a reply from someone on another thread that her roo started "crowing" at only 5 days of age. The description was very similar to what you are describing.

 

[littlecreekfarm]

it might be yawning....i've seen my chicks do that

 

[kelidei]

I got Norwegian Jaerhon hatching eggs. I ended up with 4 cockerels and 5 pullets... I had one of the baby roos crow at just under 2 wks... and he did it daily!!! When I first heard I rushed to the brooder because I thought someone had to be dying from the sound he was making... nope as I stood there he did it again... the whole 9 yards... puffed out chest, wing flapping... it was hysterical. They are not quite 8 weeks old and some of the cockerels are trying to mount the pullets

of course the girls will have none of that

Apparently these birds do mature early

 

[Alice EG]

I had a marans cockerel who started crowing at 1 week, and I know people have had them start earlier.