Rooster Crowing

[Ahahlbeck]

Hi all! I have a brown leghorn cockerel who is just shy of 2 months old. This morning I heard what sounded like a dying cat screech. I went to my garage to find that it was actually my male leghorn named Peanut. Everything I have read in my very little research suggests that it should not start crowing until later on. Does anybody know if this is normal? Or is Peanut just a weirdo...

 

[HappyClucker7]

My EE cockerel started at about 6 weeks. My cochin bantam started at 9 weeks. I think it just depends on the individual bird.

 

[Brooks_]

Early bloomer or older than you thought.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Some roos crow as early as a week old!

 

[SamOliverTwist]

This is my 8 week old Black Copper Marans. He started “croaking”

at 6 weeks. He is about halfway to a real crow now. He sure practices a lot!

 

[HenneryTheEighth]

I thought there was a dying animal outside as well. It was a cockerel.

 

[Bigtom Turkey]

My CX is 10 weeks and is starting to make rooster sounds, so it just depends ion the bird(s). But most of mine have not started till at least 20 weeks.

 

[Folly's place]

My earliest was a 28 day old Fayoumi cockerel! The breed matures earlier than most, and he was adorable!
Mary