do dominant hens crow?
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Young Rooster - Not Crowing Yet?
Comments (11)My baby rooster Soldier (who lives with 3 baby hens in a cage beside my bed for now) JUST crowed for the FIRST time today and I doubt he is over 4 weeks!! (I got him a few days ago without knowing his age) is it normal for him to crow this early?? I heard him screaming so I ran to him to find the hens staring at him like WTF and he was streched up high and all fluffed up and crowing at my nearly full grown broiler chicken Honey (she is about 18 weeks old, but she is completely healthy with no heart or weight problems :D ) and Honey was staring at him like : 'SILENCE!! I KILL YOU!!' lol. So anyways... Is it normal for Soldier to crow this early or should I be worried?!?! For now, Soldier is to small to live outside (he is perfectly capable of living outside, but I baby my chickens and don't move them outside until they lay their first egg or crow their first real crow). For now,I have my very own personal alarm clock next to my bed. Oh joy. This is gonna be REAL fun... Here is a link that might be useful: My Website (if ya wanna read more bout my spoiled chickens)...See MoreCan a vet remove a rooster's crowing?
Comments (42)The question is very valid in light of many cities now have new laws allowing the raising of hens for eggs, but those eggs are less tasty and nutritious than fertilized eggs. I do not see the harm in having one quiet rooster live a nice long spoiled life impregnating hens. As soon as Houston gets this law passed I will have a few backyard hens of my own and wanted to know about roosters surgically being de-crowed so I can have fertile eggs to EAT or sell. Seeing that most roosters are killed anyway and many people kill the rooster babies just to avoid dealing with them... I don't see how in the world making a wonderful life in my backyard for a spoiled silenced rooster is a bad thing since it saves his life. Better than you eating him! Frankly I'd not need a rooster at all but I feel like I should be prepared in case there comes a time we are impoverished for one reason or another and our backyard "farm" supplements our food resources. Hens would eventually die off and stop laying. We need a perpetual stock that we can raise and barter with if it comes to that. Call it prepping and treat me with hatred for it, but my granny lived through the great depression and taught me how she managed to get her family through it. I honor her advice to me to "not put all my eggs in one basket". This post was edited by chelseacraft on Thu, Mar 28, 13 at 20:51...See MoreRooster stopped crowing
Comments (10)Is the dog still around where your roo can see him? Being attacked by a dog is pretty darned terrifying for a chicken, and if he is still worried about the dog, it can stress him out quite a bit. How is he acting now? Does he seem normal, healthy & perky? Has he lost any weight (feel his breastbone or keel)? Open his mouth and look in his mouth & throat for signs of injury, growths, fungus, etc. Listen to his breathing for sounds of rasping or gurgling, and check his eyes & nares (nostrils) for watery discharge. There's nothing saying he can't have something ailing him besides the dog attack, so make sure he isn't just plain sick. If he isn't sick, and cannot see or hear the dog anymore, perhaps he just needs time to recover mentally as well as physically. Strange as it seems, it may help to stroke his ego a bit. Talk to him and tell him what a pretty boy he is, and give him lots of affection to reinforce how safe he is. When you take the chickens goodies, offer him the first bites from your hand for HIM to pass out--that shows that you respect his place as head of the flock and are deferring to him to pass out goodies and call his girls. At our house we call this 'tithing the roo', and it goes a long way towards building & maintaining the flock dynamic, even though it seems a bit weird! More on how roos work & think is here on my chicken info site: http://jackshenhouse.com/VSChickRoosters.htm Velvet ~:>...See Moreearly rooster crowing
Comments (2)I had a chick crow at 6 weeks, I do think it's possible. I wouldn't worry too much about the noise just yet as it will not carry the same loudness for a while. Also some crow early and then stop for a few weeks then pick it back up, it takes quite a while for them to develope a full grown crow. From the behavior you mentioned it sure does sound like a roo. If you know you can't keep him I would find him a home sooner than later, it will give you a peace of mind plus the longer you have him the more attached you may become. -Sheila...See Moregoldhills
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