Rooster crowing all the time

[SkyAJK]

Don't rehome him until you find out why he crows all the time because people might not be kind to him, you are patient and kind to him because you raised him.

Might be spend time observe him to see why he crows so excessively. What he does when he crows, does he look at you when he crow...what behaviour he is showing when he crows and what are the hens doing as well. Their action/need will cause him to crow.

Note: morning crow is like a must crow. Through observation you will get some understanding of his excessive crowing.

Currently I have a tiny Pekin rooster, he crows his mighty crow and crow often, but when he sees me coming over, he starts to eat instead of crowing so I think that he wants company. He is in quarantine at the moment so he is lonely.

My previous rooster crows because the hens need something, he needed attention. Rooster is provider & protector so if any hen has issue, he will crow and try to help her.

All the best with your handsome rooster.

 

[Mrs. K]

Really I think this is more about your neighbors and you. If the crowing is driving you crazy, probably is your neighbors too. My own coop is a long ways from the house, close to the barns. But other people are not as lucky. Some roosters have a more pleasant crow, some do not.

I would remove him from your flock, one way or another.

 

[pikapika]

My roosters crow a moderate amount, but they get really intense about it when they hear noise from other animals. Sometimes this is the rooster across the street, but they also get into "arguments" with the random dog they sometimes hear barking and also some goats that live nearby.

So sometimes in my yard it's:
BAHHHHHHH
ER-EH-ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
BAHHHHHH!!!!!
ER-EH-ERRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!
BAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ER-EH-ERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!

I don’t have a rooster, but my neighbor does. Another neighbor has a donkey. And I have a dog that howls at the drop of a hat.

So one day, the donkey started braying, which set off my dog howling. Then the rooster chimed in. It was a multi species chorus

 

[PrettyBirdRocky]

Our 1yo rooster crows off and on all day. The cockerels 15-20week olds we just processed, well, there were two that non-stop crowed- and i mean nearly every few minutes. I do think an age issue, if you can wait it out. Our Big Guy now was close but held no rank against his offspring, lol, it was nuts!

Now though if our guys crows more than 3-4 times in a row we go investigate and he calms right down. Like something startled him.

Good luck

 

[Vicker]

There are some generalities, like some will outgrow it, but you really don't know what you're going to get with a rooster until you get it. I like to wait until they all start crowing to cull the most obnoxious ones. I once made a velcro crow collar. It reduced the volume, but I ended up giving the boy away.

 

[Vicker]

I don’t have a rooster, but my neighbor does. Another neighbor has a donkey. And I have a dog that howls at the drop of a hat.

So one day, the donkey started braying, which set off my dog howling. Then the rooster chimed in. It was a multi species chorus

Sounds like The Bremen Town Musicians

 

[2 Acres]

So sorry you are dealing with this! Every rooster is an individual and you are right, constant crowing is NOT typical rooster behavior! Light is one trigger for crowing, so of course they crow in the morning. They crow in a territorial way, especially if there are other roosters around. Do any of your neighbors have roosters? He may hear one or more that you don't, and is engaging in a "crow-off," which is competitive, territorial crowing. They crow to call their girls if they have wandered off. Time for a head count, where are you, Ladies? I once had a rooster named Elvis who crowed pretty much around the clock, but I loved it! And I have no near neighbors to complain. My current rooster, Rojo, only crows when he has something to say. If you can't handle your boy's crowing, you don't have to put up with it, but I'm afraid it means he has to go, because there is no good way of controlling the crowing. You can offer him for sale, free to a good home, or have him processed to take up residence in your freezer.

That is very true. My neighbor half a mile down the road crows all the time. They go back and forth all day. Edit: I meant the neighbors chickens, not the neighbor.

 

[Anon112]

I don’t have a rooster, but my neighbor does. Another neighbor has a donkey. And I have a dog that howls at the drop of a hat.

So one day, the donkey started braying, which set off my dog howling. Then the rooster chimed in. It was a multi species chorus

Yes, sometimes there is a rooster-dog-goat trifecta (all from different homes/properties) that goes on FOREVER.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

We seem to have lost the OP.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Yes, sometimes there is a rooster-dog-goat trifecta (all from different homes/properties) that goes on FOREVER.

Am I the only one picturing a rooster-dog-goat version of Bohemian Rhapsody?