Is this the start of a rooster crow?

[lttesmer]

We have 3 New Hampshire Reds, and one is stating to make this sound. Is this the sound of a young Rooster?

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! You might want to post pictures of your birds on the What Breed Or Gender Is This forum for help with figuring out what you have www.backyardchickens.com/f/15/what-breed-or-gender-is-this I couldn't get the sound to work, but looking at the stills there are a couple of red birds in there that looked like possible young cockerels.

 

[CritterCamp]

Sounds exactly like my 8-week-old Buff Orpingtons. I have 22 of them, straight run. All are going thru voice changes, from peeping to crowing and clucking. The cockerels get out the cocka-doo syllables. The whole cocka-doodle-doo comes with practice, I guess.

 

[TwoCrows]

Welcome to BYC!

Could be. I would post a pic of the suspect in our What Gender section for help with the sex. Kelsie has left you with the link.

Enjoy your flock and welcome to ours!

 

[Mr MKK FARMS]

Welcome to BYC.

 

[enola]

Yep, that is a rooster practicing his crow! !!

 

[gander007]

 

[drumstick diva]

sorry but, I couldn't hear a thing despite playing your video over 3 times and increasing the volume. I didn't see any bird stretching his neck up to crow but, you have two reds with combs big enough to be cockerels.

 

[Gayleyy]

Hello! Welcome! Roosters sound truly terrible when they first start out! That sounded to me like an attempt to crow, but I could not tell who it was coming from. Usually a Roo will stretch out his body and stand real tall when he crows. It may not be a Roo, a few of my hens made odd sounds too before they really got the lingo down. You may just have to look for other signs of the sex, or wait and see if that turns into a full crow sometime soon.