Quiet Roosters???

[Teach97]

my dad had a rooster that crowed at 10:30 am everyday but only half a crow twice...it was sad and hilarious all at once

 

[mstricer]

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I've never heard my Salmon Faverolle Roo Crow and he is about 6 months old.

 

[ihvpower]

Thank you all..I may wait try for a boy in the Spring.

Oh and to the person who wants to cut the vocal chords, PLEASE don't do it. That is just plain sick.

 

[jerseygirl1]

I have a bantam roo, and he doesn't crow all that loud, and only twice a day

 

[TK Poultry]

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someone please tell my sebright rooster that because that is all he does all day is crow his HEAD OFF!!!! he drives me crazy his hen lays an egg he crows i feed him he crows i feed the chickens in the next cage he crows i get near him he crows the other chickens next to him move he crows my silkie roo is really quiet so is my jap roo

 

[cowman910]

i have a barred rock roo and he is about 7 months. he tries to crow but sounds like a dying turkey! it is sorta loud but is very short.

 

[Megs]

even my bantam roosters can be quite noisy! he mille fleur d'uccle is the worst, any time he sees a human he crows, and he thinks 4:30am is the best time i wake up the farm

gets the other boys going a bit

 

[featherbaby]

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Don't worry....I'm not going to do that, I just wondered if it was possible.

 

[TruthHunter]

A common stimulus for crowing is hearing another rooster at a
distance. Its a bit like dogs barking on a moonlit night. If your rooster
doesn't crow much, it could be because he doesn't feel he has any
competition.

The people who claim that their rooster's aren't very loud remind me
of a joke:
This older lady goes to her doctor. She tells him she has a little
problem, but doesn't think its really worth troubling her doctor over.
She hesitantly tells him she farts a lot. But they don't make any
noise and they don't smell, so it can't be much of a problem.

The doctor says well first lets send you to some specialists and get
your hearing and your nose checked!

Some neighbors have a bantam rooster, and i can here him plainly a
quarter mile away.

Wouldn't it make sense to breed a strain that wouldn't crow?
Start with ones that crow the least and save out the ones that crow
even less. If they crow, its into the pot. After a few generations it
ought to be possible to have a
good suburban citizen! It would seem to be a good seller. Something like
"No Crow Orpingtons".

I remember years ago, Vermont had a Buck only hunting season
When they first added a doe season, there were quite a few
antlerless bucks. It was a survival trait to not have antlers! Not
crowing would be a good Suburban Survival trait for a rooster as
well as a selling point for a hatchery.

 

[cybercat]

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I also have partridge Rocks. My surviving roo does a half crow he is 22 weeks old. Not very loud at all but it is more than once a day more like morning, afternoon(somtimes) and night. The other PR roo I used to have only crowed in the morning. Now we have a neibor up the road that has a mixed roo that crows alot. My roo can hear it very easily but does not seem to bother crowing back. As a matter of fact this breed seems to be the one where the Rooster are not so loud and presistant with their crows. As you can tell there are 3 of us here saying the same thing almost.