Rooster cockle?

[Terry71]

Hi there. May sound like a silly question but: Why do roosters cockle doodle doo?

Just wondering.

Terry

 

[speckledhen]

Well, it doesnt sound like that to me. Why they do it is probably territorial. In spanish, it's an entirely different sound so it's just an interpretation. My blue Orp sounds like a wolf howling sometimes. And they answer each other, like answering a challenge or announce how big and bad they are.

 

[Bundybob8]

Sounds like an in tune Kookaburra.

 

[CluckerFamily]

I think it is a communication/territorial thing. My rooster will crow if he hears the rooster a country block away and he will crow if the winds are right and he hears the rooster a 1/2 mile away.

 

[theoldchick]

Roosters crow to tell everybody in the world that they are the best thing thing since sliced bread. And they remind us feeble-minded humans all day long that they are the best thing out there.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

It all comes down to claiming territory and resources. "This is my place, These are my girls, These are my babies, This is my food. STAY AWAY!!!"