Week four and CROWING?

[griswell]

Two of our eight barred rocks (the ones we are fairly certain are cockerels based on coloring) have started doing a weird thing. They will be strutting along, walking and looking from side to side, then open their mouth wide and stretch their neck forward. Nothing comes out (food or noise) but they will do it at pretty frequent times. The others we are pretty sure are pullets never do this. At first, I thought I was imagining it and then just putting it on the two boys out of thinking it sets them apart...but could it be? Are they trying to crow? They are only four weeks and one of them doesn't even have feathers past his wingtips!

 

[dawnchick]

They could certainly be trying to crow, even that young. Look in their mouths and make sure they don't have gapeworm (you will see the worms, I believe.)

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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You guessed it, they're trying to crow. My Silver Spangled Hamburg x Lakenvelder rooster started to crow at 4 weeks old (last week). It sounds like a really pathetic attempt at getting someone's attention, with laryngitis! The neck stretching when they're making the sound is a dead giveaway.
Congratulations, it's a BOY!

 

[griswell]

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You mean, congratulations...it's time to start fattening them up!

 

[ADozenGirlz]

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You mean, congratulations...it's time to start fattening them up!

Nope, that's not what I meant at all.

Poor little roo.

 

[dawnchick]

We bought straight run and put the boys in the freezer, too. The old saw, when they crow, they go, doesn't work too well when they start so young, does it? Maybe when what comes out actually sounds like a crow, which has been around 14 weeks around here, at least usually. I've seen these kiddie attempts to crow, too.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Yes, he's trying to crow. My rooster, Moose, started crowing at 4 DAYS old. This little squeaky sound would come out of him.

 

[nicoletm24]

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You mean, congratulations...it's time to start fattening them up!

thats what we'll be doing if ours turn out roos. I wanna get rid of my RIR roo i have now...but, might keep him around for breeding purposes, and might keep 1 more roo, but thats it....the rest will make a very yummy chicken pot pie

 

[LindseyM12]

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You mean, congratulations...it's time to start fattening them up!

thats what we'll be doing if ours turn out roos. I wanna get rid of my RIR roo i have now...but, might keep him around for breeding purposes, and might keep 1 more roo, but thats it....the rest will make a very yummy chicken pot pie

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