When do Roosters tend to crow?

[EggSighted4Life]

OK I admit, I loved @QueenMisha explanation as well!

I'm always surprised when I meet someone who doesn't know about the egg song. When I was a kid there was a quarter machine that had a hen that did the song and popped a plastic egg witha toy inside. Who knew that was real?

I have a cockerel, born mid June that does the egg son a couple of time a day when he gets startled. We are starting to recognize his voice through song. Thinking that might be a reason not to keep him for breeding. But I am guessing he will probably grow out of it....

 

[junebuggena]

My boys join in the egg song too. I think it's pretty darn funny when the whole flock gets into it.

 

[EggSighted4Life]

It's definitely funny! Though I was a bit confused at first. Glad to hear it isn't just me.

 

[careeka22]

Well, if it isn't the same breed as the others, size of comb or waddles aren't that relevant. EE have pretty small combs and waddles, if you can even see the waddles on them. So something with a straight comb may look huge in comparison.

That one may be the most bold and adventurous and the reason the others follow. Is it at the top of the pecking order? Also. in my experience the EE are often flighty birds. @junebuggena
 may have a different experience though. (do you breed them?)

Did you get them from a feed store? Mix ups happen both there and at the hatchery. I am not surprised they couldn't tell the difference back then. And if you got them form CL, some are just liars. To get pullets of another breed is less annoying than getting cockerels that are supposed to be female, IMHO. 

Thanks! The lady got them from a hatchery then picked them out and told me what each were. They were just 2 weeks old. She isnt flighty at all, super sweet too. That's why when I thought it was a rooster we were keeping it lol

 

[careeka22]

OK I admit, I loved @QueenMisha
 explanation as well! 

I'm always surprised when I meet someone who doesn't know about the egg song. When I was a kid there was a quarter machine that had a hen that did the song and popped a plastic egg witha toy inside. Who knew that was real?

I have a cockerel, born mid June that does the egg son a couple of time a day when he gets startled. We are starting to recognize his voice through song. Thinking that might be a reason not to keep him for breeding. But I am guessing he will probably grow out of it....

I can't wait to hear it!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

Thanks! The lady got them from a hatchery then picked them out and told me what each were. They were just 2 weeks old. She isnt flighty at all, super sweet too. That's why when I thought it was a rooster we were keeping it lol

Some people make mistakes as well.... It may not have been intentional.

So you are ready to get one (roo) then? It's better to get them later after your girls have grown up a bit and you have some more experience. The boys can be quite unruly when they start mating and they mature to that phase a tad faster than the pullets. So maybe it's a good thing to get all girls now. Plus you can find nice young cockerels for free all the time, so you could probably just start looking when your ready,
if you don't somehow end up with straight run chicks already in the future.

(chicken math)
Just beware, my suggestion always includes quarantine (meaning no contact even through fence) of any new animal coming in, for their safety and your flocks'.

 

[careeka22]

Some people make mistakes as well.... It may not have been intentional.

So you are ready to get one (roo) then? It's better to get them later after your girls have grown up a bit and you have some more experience. The boys can be quite unruly when they start mating and they mature to that phase a tad faster than the pullets. So maybe it's a good thing to get all girls now. Plus you can find nice young cockerels for free all the time, so you could probably just start looking when your ready,
if you don't somehow end up with straight run chicks already in the future.

(chicken math)
Just beware, my suggestion always includes quarantine (meaning no contact even through fence) of any new animal coming in, for their safety and your flocks'.

Oh yeah I don't think it was intentional at all, she seemed very knowledgeable for the most part and was picking out chicks and trying to identify them quickly. Well we got 5 chicks incase one was a roo, she said they were supposed to be all females but they make mistakes of course. So I figured one out of 5 wasn't too bad. But since it is a female I don't think I will add a rooster for now, we only have a smaller coop and don't want to crowd them. One of ours was taken by a hawk too : (. So we now just have the 4 pullets, this one, 2 black sex links and a Rhode Island Red. I'm content with that to start my first go at chickens! Plus the added bonus of no crowing, I was wondering how our neighbors would take to that lol. Thank you for your help!