What's the youngest you've seen a rooster start crowing?

[Fredster]

This morning when I opened our medium coop to let out the 10-week-olds, one of the roosters (a mutt, hatched from our big flock) came out and let rip with three little crows in a row. We've raised close to 50 roosters to date, and I've never heard one start crowing before about 16 weeks.

Anyone else ever had one start this young? I'm kinda proud of the little booger.

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

10-12 weeks, and I was FLOORED!

 

[KattyKillFish]

5 weeks, Egyptian fayoumi. CRAZY CRAZY STUFF!! i was like

 

[pips&peeps]

5-6 week old easter egger

 

[BellLisamo]

4 weeks, my mottled houdan cockeral

 

[Chicky Tocks]

Good grief. I have a white EE roo about 7 months old and I've never heard him crow! I know he's a roo though. Do some roo's never crow?

 

[speckledhen]

5 DAYS old is the earliest any cockerel here has started. Have had some start at a week old, two weeks, five weeks, etc. Two of my 8-weeek old Delawares began crowing yesterday. The latest one I've had was 18 weeks.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

4 weeks, golden sebright cockerel from Ideal

 

[Fredster]

Man, I thought I had something special here.

 

[4hooves&featheredfriends]

8 week old EE - Still working on the quality but he tries hard.