when does peeping change to clucking?

Yesterday my little 11 week mille fleur roo figured out he could crow and looked startled like he had scared himself. The neighbor was in the yard and I said "was the roo crowing?" and she said (older woman) "pardon?" guess the crowing won't be a problem for the neighbors!
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My birds were around 3 months old when they went from peeping to clucking. My big girls do growl once in awhile. My most agressive hen "Blue" used to run up to and puff up and growl at me. I used Rooster-Reds Rooster reform on her and it worked. She doesn't puff up and growl at me any more.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=2588-Roo_behavior
 
My chicks are about 8 and a half weeks old and they still peep most of time, but when I pick them up, a couple of them make a sort of clucking noise. When it starts to get close to bedtime they start up with the most babyish sounding peeping (one of them is really loud!)and all try to climb up on my lap or hide under my legs. They are so cute. That always reminds me that although they are getting big, they are still babies. Then after I comfort them and put them up on the roost, they start to coo or purr to each other. I love when they do that, it's like they are having a conversation!
 

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