Would A Rooster Crow to Warn About Coyotes?

[centrarchid]

NO, ROOSTERS WILL NOT CROW IN RESPONSE TO PRESENCE OF COYOTES OR IN THE ATTEMPT TO GET THE PREDATOR TO LEAVE!!!

 

[Lollipop]

NO, ROOSTERS WILL NOT CROW IN RESPONSE TO PRESENCE OF COYOTES OR IN THE ATTEMPT TO GET THE PREDATOR TO LEAVE!!!

I Agree..........Pop

 

[speckledhen]

No, they will not crow. They alarm with a loud clucking-type yell to danger on the ground, high pitched whines to possible dangers in the air, but crowing has never been a response when a neighborhood dog was near the pens, just that loud, hysterical yelling-clucking sound from all of my roosters.

 

[patrick98md]

 

[chickengeorgeto]

My roosters stop crowing when a predator is detected.... Roosters crow to communicate with other chickens. They use crowing to advertise their health and vitality to hens and other roosters....

I agree 1,000% When you think about it a rooster crowing at a coyote is nothing but ringing a dinner bell telling the coyote were and how far away his next meal is. I am not overly impressed with the reasoning ability of a chicken but they are not suicidal. That said I guess a coyote could get crowed at if the rooster saw him as a rival for the affection of his hens.