Rooster Crowing "too" early?

[Willowspirit]

If I’m awake late at night I often go outside just to go outside. A few nights ago I heard what I first thought was a coyote. But it was actually a rooster crowing. Then it was answered by another rooster. It was about 2:30 a or so.

 

[ariri30]

He is really pretty. Bright red comb, reddish brown and shiny purplish-green feathers. Not exactly sure how big he is. He's definitely bigger than my hens. He eats like a pig but he's very lean, definitely not a porker.

This is the most recent picture I have of him. It was 2 weeks ago.

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And here he is crowing last week-

What a beautiful cockerel

 

[Chicken Heel]

This subject is interesting to me. As a young lad when I first had roosters my Grandpa Shook and my Mom (his youngest daughter) told me that it was bad luck to hear a cock crow at midnight and that it foretold a pending death. My Dad, who was not the superstitious type, told me there was nothing to that and it was just an old Appalachian mountain wive's tale. Anyway, after we had heard three different cock crows at midnight with three family members dying within a few days afterward, Dad changed his tune. Ironically, one of those deaths was my Grandpa Shook who had given me my first chickens. A few years ago, I mentioned this to a close friend that I worked with and he said it was probably just a coincidence. He had just started raising chickens and had a couple of roosters. A few month's later he heard a cock's crow at midnight three different times over a week and within a month he had two uncles and and an aunt pass away. To this day, I am skittish about a cock crowing at midnight.

 

[FlyWheel]

This subject is interesting to me. As a young lad when I first had roosters my Grandpa Shook and my Mom (his youngest daughter) told me that it was bad luck to hear a cock crow at midnight and that it foretold a pending death. My Dad, who was not the superstitious type, told me there was nothing to that and it was just an old Appalachian mountain wive's tale. Anyway, after we had heard three different cock crows at midnight with three family members dying within a few days afterward, Dad changed his tune. Ironically, one of those deaths was my Grandpa Shook who had given me my first chickens. A few years ago, I mentioned this to a close friend that I worked with and he said it was probably just a coincidence. He had just started raising chickens and had a couple of roosters. A few month's later he heard a cock's crow at midnight three different times over a week and within a month he had two uncles and and an aunt pass away. To this day, I am skittish about a cock crowing at midnight.

Now THAT would have made a great entry for Halloween!

 

[JoeInPA]

Noise ordinance can mean a complaint and having to get rid of him.

I'm not too worried about it. The township is run by a bunch of bureaucrats who let the tiniest amount of power go to their heads. Meanwhile the ordinances looks like they were authored by a 3rd grader. They'd be difficult to enforce.

What a beautiful cockerel

Thanks!

 

[JoeInPA]

This subject is interesting to me. As a young lad when I first had roosters my Grandpa Shook and my Mom (his youngest daughter) told me that it was bad luck to hear a cock crow at midnight and that it foretold a pending death. My Dad, who was not the superstitious type, told me there was nothing to that and it was just an old Appalachian mountain wive's tale. Anyway, after we had heard three different cock crows at midnight with three family members dying within a few days afterward, Dad changed his tune. Ironically, one of those deaths was my Grandpa Shook who had given me my first chickens. A few years ago, I mentioned this to a close friend that I worked with and he said it was probably just a coincidence. He had just started raising chickens and had a couple of roosters. A few month's later he heard a cock's crow at midnight three different times over a week and within a month he had two uncles and and an aunt pass away. To this day, I am skittish about a cock crowing at midnight.

I'm not superstitious at all. Cue the Stevie Wonder-

 

[MysteryChicken]

Ours start crowing at 5:00am, & continue crowing at certain parts of the day, & then goes into roost at 5:00-5:30pm during the winter.

Summer, they start crowing at 5:00am, continue crowing during certain parts of the day, & goes into roost at 8:30-9:00pm.

 

[ariri30]

Ours start crowing at 5:00am, & continue crowing at certain parts of the day, & then goes into roost at 5:00-5:30pm during the winter.

Summer, they start crowing at 5:00am, continue crowing during certain parts of the day, & goes into roost at 8:30-9:00pm.

Those are late chickens. Mine goes to sleep at 4pm. I’m not sure at what time they are up. The auto door is set up to close and open according to the sun up and sun set.

 

[Chicken Heel]

I'm not superstitious at all. Cue the Stevie Wonder-

The only Stevie Wonder song I actually like...

 

[Faraday40]

We have orpingtons (large, fairly quiet breed). I put them to bed in the garage at night and bring them back to the coop after 8am. That way if they do decide to crow, no one will really hear them. In general, they crow a few times in the morning but we can barely hear them, so I know the neighbors cannot.

We also have a tiny serama who becomes a house chicken in winter. He sleeps in CD's bedroom. The lazy serama likes to sleep in until my daughter wakes up. As soon as she gets up and starts moving around, he crows. (On school days it's usually 6:30am but on weekends he can sleep in as late as 8 or 8:30am!) Once in a while he may hear an orp roo in the garage & respond back. That's the only time I find them annoying. Thankfully the roos don't crow during the day unless they have reason.

The amount a rooster crows depends on the breed as well as the individual.