When will my rooster crow already???

[margaret1657]

I have a flock of 20 chickens, 6 of them are year-old isa browns, and the other 14 are 19 weeks old and consist of many different breeds, including a golden laced wyandotte rooster. My rooster is very timid, and i feel like he doesnt act like a rooster should, he lets the older isa browns push him around even though they are much bigger than him. I read that roosters will usually start crowing around the time that the hens start laying eggs, and a couple of the new 14 hens have already started, yet he is still not crowing. he doesnt even have spurs yet and isnt mounting or showing much rooster behavior. I know it sounds crazy, but i just really really want to hear him crow. Are glw roos slower to mature? Does anybody have any idea when he might start crowing? I have also attached a pic of him if it helps. Thank you!

 

[JaeG]

He's very beautiful. Being a heritage breed rather than a production breed he may take longer to mature, plus it sounds like he's a shy boy whose hormones haven't kicked in yet. Apparently some boys don't find their voice until they are 6 months old. Of course, that didn't happen for me, just because I'm in suburbia. I got some newly hatched Orpington chicks to put under a broody only because the breeder would take back the boys. By 3 weeks I knew who were boys and by 5 weeks one was crowing!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

He's a cockerel, the equivelant to a barely adolescent human male who are not exactly ladies men.....he will gain confidence and swagger, and crow, in time

 

[MAchicken105]

He's very pretty

 

[Folly's place]

Time at maturity varies! My youngest crower EVER was an adorable little Fayoumi, who started trying at 28 days of age. He had stubs where his hackle feathers were just starting to come in, weighed nearly nothing, and would throw his little head back and---squeak-- while he was developing a voice. Mary

 

[margaret1657]

He's very pretty

Thanks!

 

[margaret1657]

Time at maturity varies! My youngest crower EVER was an adorable little Fayoumi, who started trying at 28 days of age. He had stubs where his hackle feathers were just starting to come in, weighed nearly nothing, and would throw his little head back and---squeak-- while he was developing a voice. Mary

Aww, that is so cute! Yeah, whenever i wait for a chicken to lay an egg or crow or whatever it may be, it always feels like i have been waiting forever!

 

[margaret1657]

He's very beautiful. Being a heritage breed rather than a production breed he may take longer to mature, plus it sounds like he's a shy boy whose hormones haven't kicked in yet. Apparently some boys don't find their voice until they are 6 months old. Of course, that didn't happen for me, just because I'm in suburbia. I got some newly hatched Orpington chicks to put under a broody only because the breeder would take back the boys. By 3 weeks I knew who were boys and by 5 weeks one was crowing!

Okay, i guess it varies by breed. Hopefully he'll be crowing soon

 

[duluthralphie]

I am thinking him being the lone member on his side of the battle of sexes is just scared poopless to crow on the off chance some on the other side will notice him...