What a wonderful sound!

[Country Gal]

One of my roosters crowed for the first time this weekend! I was so proud of him! He crowed a few times Saturday morning, I didn't hear anything on Sunday, and this morning he just started belting it out!

Should I assume that my other roosters will now pick up on it and find their voices, too?

 

[magikchick]

I'm still waiting on my boy to let go. We have chickens all in my neighborhood and the roos sound like a chorus in the mornings. Still silence in my coop.

Marsha

 

[psimek]

How old is your rooster?

 

[Country Gal]

All my chickens are 13 weeks old

 

[Motherhenandflock]

It seems like they test their voices first. I had one funny, squeaky crow several weeks ago from my 12 week old barred rock and none since. My daughter and I heard one of our 5 turkeys gobble on Friday, nothing since!

 

[speckledhen]

I have two that crow every morning and add their voices to the rooster chorus all around us, but my 13 week old Ameraucana, Scout, hasn't made a sound yet. I can't wait for him to find his voice.

 

[pattycake]

What time do they start?? My favorite hen is looking more and more like a rooster, and I want to keep her! I'm nervous my neighbors will run me out of town if the crowing is too obnoxious though.

If I keep them locked in the coop until later in the morning, will that put off the crowing?

 

[Country Gal]

I don't think keeping them in the coop will keep them from crowing.

When mine crowed this morning, it was 6:00 a.m. before I went to open the coop...

 

[pattycake]

But maybe the sound won't be *quite* as loud, if they're in the coop?

I hope, because I love my Buff Orpington!

 

[Dawn419]

Wow...I don't know if I'm blessed or cursed...one of my Araucana boys started croaking at 6 weeks old. Now at 10 weeks, he's our biggest crower, followed by my Silver Sebright boys and my Black-Tailed Buff Japanese boy.