When do they stop peeping?

[MorahLaura]

I have nine chickens, and I call them chickens only because they're huge and look like, well, chickens. But they still only peep, mostly. They'll squawk if they're fighting over a goodie but the predominant sound is chicky peeping. When will I start hearing clucking, cock-a-doodling, and other chickeny sounds?

They hatched around the first week of June. I have 4 leghorns (one is a girl; the rest look decidedly roostery), 2 golden comet hens, 2 SL Wynadotte hens (supposedly sexed), and an americauna named Betty who we're hoping is female but since s/he is the only one of that kind I can't really tell.

Thanks!

 

[angelb]

I have a mix of different kinds that hatched the second week of June so they're just a week older than yours. Some of them are starting to sound like real chickens and some of them still only peep. This is my first time keeping chickens but I'm guessing yours are close to making grown up sounds

 

[logansmommy7]

Mine have just stopped peeping and they are approximately 16 weeks...they are big girls and they were still peeping. So cute! But now they have progresed to a cluck like the other older girls. How old are yours?

 

[MorahLaura]

I calculate that mine are not quite 10 weeks old. A couple more months of peeping I guess!