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

[McGoo]

I"ve had one waited until he was 5 mos (Black SexLink) and a BO that was making a lot ofnoise by 4 weeks. The BSL ended up being mean and nasty and the BO totally friendly) Guess you never know.

 

[Hillbilly Hen]

I have a few "pullets" and one of them tried to crow yesterday,

they are about 7 weeks old. I have 3 ameracunas but one of them I am suspecting is actually a cockeral, so I am pretty sure that it was this one that tried to crow.

 

[amazondoc]

This winter I brooded baby chicks in my bedroom, so I KNOW when they start crowing.

I had some start at a week or two, others wait til 4 or 5 weeks, others don't crow for months. All depends on the ambition, I guess!

 

[scbatz33]

I've got an Orpington who 's been crowing like he's hot stuff for about a week now. He's aprox 10 weeks old!

 

[MissPrissy]

They will try to crow as early as 1 week if their testosterone has kicked in. I had a week old chick try to crow this week. One of the Lav project orps I hatched from Jody and Charlie.

 

[scbatz33]

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My two biggest crowers aer black orps from those lines! Wonder what they feed them up there!!!

 

[chickenlisa]

I had my black mottled frizzled Bantam cochin cockerel crow last year when he was 2-3 weeks old. What a silly little high pitched crow it was, too!

 

[CityGirlintheCountry]

3 week old silver campine at about 5am one Saturday.

Scared teh willies outta me. Thought he was strangling. Nope. He was crowing and quite proud of himself.

 

[bargain]

2 day old guinea.....just kidding it woke me up though....Heard him out on the porch.

 

[farmerbrownsdaughter]

My 8 week old white banty started a week or so ago, much to my nieghbour's surprise, he is now up for grabs...anyone interested?