rooster lost voice?

[sunnydt]

I have a rooster that just started crowing for the first time last week. He crowed just find for a few days then a couple days ago he totally lost his crow! He lets out a little squeek then just air. Will he ever get his crow back?

 

[sunnydt]

any else ever have this problem?

 

[95yj]

i wouldn't really call that a problem... never had that happen to me but sounds like he might just be young, did the situation change at all?

 

[mrbstephens]

Huh? Wish mine lost his crow!

 

[ChristyDawn]

I have a thread out about mine doing something similar. He started crowing about 6 weeks ago and now when he starts to crow he sounds like a little like a very soft crying baby with air in the middle. I don't have any answers, but if I get any I'll let you know!

 

[crazychicken]

Young Roosters often have to learn to crow so he could have been practicing, but now his voice needs a little break

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[sunnydt]

yeah he just started crowing and he was doing so good for a couple days then I dont know what happened. He tries so hard I feel sorry for him lol Just dont know if he will get it back. However, today he was doing a little better.

 

[iluvchickens]

does he strch out his neck and then open and close his mouth he may have gapeworms

 

[hurricanearran]

I know this thread is a few months old but I'm having a similar problem so I thought I'd chime in.

I had a flock of 50 (half hens and half roos) but a mink got in and killed all but 7 at about 5 months of age. Only one roo survived and he was defo not an alpha roo.

I hadn't heard him crow at all since the rest of the flock died (about 3 weeks ago). So, a week ago, I went into the coop and started crowing to him. He got all fluffed up, flapped his wings and finally let out a crow even though it was rather a sad crow. Anyhow, since that day, when I go into coop he starts crowing like crazy.

This morning when I went into the coop, he started crowing as usual but I noticed it sounded quite weak. On closer hearing, he sounded as though he is losing his voice. The crow was raspy followed by an airy breath. I'm concerned he may be sick but se no visable problems otherwise. Wonder if he's just strained his voice from all the sudden crowing in the past week? Time will tell.

 

[sunnydt]

well my rooster finally got his crow back soon after thsi thread was started. I think he just strained his vocals but all is well now and he crows all the time now.