When do Roosters start to crow?

[annewandering]

I have some one week old chicks, as of tomorrow. There is one rooster that I know of. At least there better be. Anyway the other day I heard a chick chirp in a very hoarse voice. Nothing since but it was weird! My little brahmas make the cutest trilling sound. Other than that they just all sound like cute little chicks.

 

[annewandering]

Yesterday evening one of my five DAY ( ! ) old bantam cochins stood up his legs, stretched his neck out and crowed! Seriously shocked.

Hey the only rooster I am supposed to have is a cochin too. So did he keep up the crowing or back off till he was older? That hoarse chirping I heard was very very suspicious.

 

[1234ro]

The crowing can range, it can start from a few weeks old, but if there is two roosters the less dominat one may not start crowing until the roosters are seperated. srry for my bad spelling

 

[TheMoncktons]

10 months old and still no roo noises from my brother's three. Little bantam has crowed a couple of times only. All quiet in our neighbourhood!!

 

[spiffwilkie]

We have 13 week old mix (there's some RIR in there, I believe) that has yet to make a noise. He was one of 6 chicks that we hatched where 5 turned out to be cockerels. We sold one barred rock and gave 3 to our friends who have a farm after they all started crowing at about 11 weeks. We kept this last one, hoping that it was a pullet, but it's become very obvious it's a roo now that his tail is really starting to grow. What I wouldn't give for him to never crow, but I know it's only a matter of time.

 

[wv leipers]

i would report him to the geniss record book , might get some money . peace wv leipers

 

[meemnum1]

Crazy question but I'm new to this so please hear me out. I have a SLW who is about 6 mos old. I thought she was a hen but for the past two days she's being doing a half crow kinda thing. It goes (don't laugh) caw caw not caw ca caw ca caw. Is she a he? :/

 

[aggiemae]

I have had tiny roos crow as early as the first week and once had one that as far as we know never crowed in 7 years we had him.

 

[aggiemae]

Crazy question but I'm new to this so please hear me out. I have a SLW who is about 6 mos old. I thought she was a hen but for the past two days she's being doing a half crow kinda thing. It goes (don't laugh) caw caw not caw ca caw ca caw. Is she a he?

I have a crowing RIR hen...she lays an egg almost every day.

Well... 'she' isn't laying and at 6 months a SLW really should be... on the other hand the roo's of this breed have a pretty distinctive tail by 6 months... You should probably post a photo. Full body side view if possible.

 

[jdoane]

OMG - I may have to wait that long before knowing we have a rooster!!! OY!!