Maybe you chick just thinks it funny to torment you?
If it does turn out to be a boy, someone on here somewhere (i think it was on here) built a 'cock box' (bad name isnt it).
Basically it was a box under the nest boxes, that stayed nice and dark and was too low for the boys to crow properly. They let him out at a reasonable hour when everyone was already awake and therefore not cranky about him crowing...
Telling the neighbours he wont be waking them up 5am is definately a selling point
All of my chicks, as well as many other kinds of birds that I've observed, engage in the behavior similar to what you describe -- they're just moving food from their crops down into their stomachs.
Your chick might be a rooster, but I wouldn't count on it based only on this behavior.
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A little young, but not impossible.
Using a box to prevent crowing doesn't work. A rooster will find a way to crow, unless you duct tape his mouth shut; which is what I threatened my Thor with today.
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A little young, but not impossible.
Using a box to prevent crowing doesn't work. A rooster will find a way to crow, unless you duct tape his mouth shut; which is what I threatened my Thor with today.
Not preventing a roo from crowing, just preventing the neighbors from hearing him