What age should a cockeral crow?

[ChickenPeep]

Just wondering.
My 5 week old buddy just tried it for the first time. Lots of work to do!!

 

[SIMZ]

All of mine have started crowing around that age. If you can call it crowing, right?

 

[ChickenPeep]

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Ok good! I thought he was an early bird!
Hmmmm, maybe i'd call it screaming.

 

[peepacheep]

This spring I had a Buff Brahma 'pullet' crow once at 5 weeks. Luckily he did not start in earnest until 16 weeks. The EE roo started at 9 weeks and has been steady crowing ever since.

 

[juliaronan]

Wow! Maybe I do actually have all hens then! My youngsters are at 8 weeks and no one has attempted to crow yet. Hoping....

 

[fancyfowl4ever]

I have 13 roosters right now and only the 1 yr old Aussi, and my 6 month old brown leghorn and my 6 month old silver leghorn are crowing. The rest range from 6 month to a year in age and haven't made a sound yet(since there are more dominant roos about).

Only ones I ever had crowing as early as 6 weeks were my Old English Games.

 

[HEChicken]

Most of mine have crowed for their first time between 16-17 weeks of age. I did have one who crowed at 9 weeks and it was the most pathetic sound I've ever heard - I thought one of the hens was chocking until I looked down and realized who was making that odd sound. Right now I have a 17-weeker who hasn't attempted it yet (perhaps he saw what happened to his brother at 9 weeks and decided he wasn't going to make THAT mistake).

 

[WooingWyandotte]

My latest crower has been an 11 wk old LB/Bo cross. He crowed for the first time a couple days ago. I think Light Brahma's crow a little later.

 

[jmtcmkb]

I wonder this as well..........Ive got 12 week old chickens- the one that is most verbal sounds like a duck

hoping that is not a sign of a rooster!!

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I have a 7 month old Cochin cockerel who still has yet to crow. But the ladies love him anyway