When do roosters begin to crow??I NEED TO KNOW

[Dinos_rock]

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5 days?!?!? Did you happen to get that on video? That is so cool...

 

[sBrickmanHouse]

Our "accidental rooster" just started crowing at 14 weeks. Like someone else said, it sounds pretty pathetic, but he sure is trying!

 

[opihiman911]

My big boy austrolorp roo is 6 months old and just started crowing a couple weeks ago. We were very hopefull that he may have been a mute because he never made a sound all this time. He has even been trying to mate his hens. Flap his wings, fluff all up and mount them get off and strut around all proud, but not a sound.
A couple weeks ago we heard a sound like someone screaming while being choked. Ran to check our girls and all was fine....Keoki just found out he has a voice. Now we are hoping he will learn to crow like a real roo. Screams coming from the coop at 6am isn't good.

Aloha,
Cory

 

[raindrop]

The first day I let the little chicks into the big outside at 6 1/2 weeks I am pretty sure that I heard something that was supposed to be a crow! That is the earliest I've ever had start.

 

[Cetawin]

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OMG that is adorable!

 

[DementedHam]

domromer that is sooo cute! I want a chicky that does that!!!

 

[horsejody]

We have had baby roos making odd little baby crows at about two weeks. I heard Rodney, my baby JG roo, try for the first time this morning. Rodney was hatched 2/28/08. They crow when they feel like it. There is no particular age.

 

[Mrs MIA]

Mine average 6-8 weeks. I think if you already have an adult rooster crowing nearby, they hear it and start a little sooner.

 

[chickensonthefarm]

We got our birds the third or fourth week of June from Murray McMurray, and none of them are crowing. They are trying, though.

Could they not be getting enough nourishment or something? It looks like half the birds are roosters, guess I need to start working on my aim.