So what do your rooster's crows sound like?

[songofarooster]

Just curious about the other roos out there. Are there regional differences? Do roosters sound the same in the same geographical location or era, because they copy the other crows they have heard?

When I was growing up in the Washington DC area, it seemed that every rooster sounded like: "Crock-a-DOO-doooo." Four syllables. (I never heard one that sounded like "cock-a-doodle-doo.")

I didn't have chickens for many years. Now I'm back & my head rooster sounds like: "Cock-a-do-a-loooo." Five syllables. It's the closest to the traditional five syllable "cock-a-doodle-doo" that I've ever heard. However, the tune resembles the alien song from the movie "Close Encounters of the Third Kind."

(I can't count my little skinny bantam, because he has a screechy, female-like shriek that sounds like: "Ya-ha-hoooo." Poor thing. He tries to keep up with the big boy but he just can't manage it. Maybe I should rename him "Yahoo!")

I wondered the same. I think they learn their song from roosters they grow up with. My first rooster had a very loud and beautiful cock-a-doodle-doo. My seabright bantom had a high pitch screech but copied that same melody. Next I had a Ameraucana rooster with a very loud but deep crow, again with the same song. Today I have a New Jersy Giant with a loud crow but with only a cock a doooo. And a silkie just started to crow and has a low raspy sound but copying the resident crow's cock-a-doooo. I tried to research this online but can't find any info on this.