what age do roosters start crowing?

[mener6896]

I have 3 roos (2 black cochins, 1 golden comet) all around 10 weeks. At what age do they start crowing? and does this coincide with "puberty" what age can I get fertilized eggs? I have 2 sexlinks that are 19 weeks and started laying this week.

 

[Socalwhite]

I was going to ask the similar question. I looked at Wikipedia and it said 4 weeks. I have Buff Orpington who's about 16-18 weeks old and I haven't heard a peep from him. I can't find any reference to how common that is.

 

[georgialee]

I had one crow at 6 weeks, one at 10, all the rest but one around 14 weeks. My RIR is 17.5 weeks and still not crowing.

 

[luvchicks8]

Mine didnt crow until he was 15 weeks

 

[greathorse]

For me 12 - 14 weeks has been pretty normal but it sure varies a lot. It seems to vary a lot per individual and not so much by the breed. I have a very noisy Marans at about 16 weeks old and a couple that have just now begun to croak that were hatched at the same time. 20 week old RIR that have not made a sound.

 

[tallieb]

I had a OEB start crowing at 7 weeks and my EE at 15 weeks.

 

[paintedsavvy]

My 7 week old Banty Ameraucana cockerel started crowing today. Too funny! It's this little three beat screech that sounds nothing like a crow.

My Banty Buff Brahma however, didn't start crowing until he was about 14 weeks.

 

[cackilacky]

We found this out the hard way, but sometimes only one rooster will crow at a time (the alpha). So if you have more than one rooster, the younger one might not be crowing yet because he is subordinate. We live in a town that doesn't allow roosters and so every time we gave away the alpha, the next in line would start to crow.

 

[fordmommy]

My two cockerals hatched sometime in March and are still not crowing.

I'd love to keep it that way.

 

[fowler_chick]

Buffy My bantie Rooster started crowing at about 10 weeks old...if was funny at first....now we can't get him to stop!!!!