I have some chickens and I think a couple are roosters but they never crow?

Question

the couple I think are roosters never crow but do try to breed the hens to fertilize the eggs. Can anyone please tell me why the dont crow?

Answer 1

well if they are trying to mate with the chickens they are obviously roosters .. or just very confused lol . .

          But sometimes even when they have started mating . .  etc they wont crow for another couple of months . .  the normal age Is anything around the 4 month/5month zone  . .  

(16 weeks onwards) so maybe yours are just a bit younger then that?

also some cockerels just don't crow altogether . .

also wheteher a rooster crows or not can be controlled by the other dominant males in the flock . .  (If there are) then younger ones won't crow for ages .. cos crowing is all about dominance . . and territory and so a young male isn't going to do it when other large dominant roosters are around him

don't worry they should eventually start to crow . .

if not No problem . .  some people even think it's lucky

(the noise side of things)

Personally i like the sound . .  but that's just me =]

Answer 2

Do they make any sound at all?I have a rooster that just makes a gruntting sound instead of a crow.I actually think its kind of cute.

Answer 3

Some roosters just don't crow.  Consider yourself lucky.  To double check you have a rooster and not a hen, they will have spurs, and their tail feathers tend to grow longer.

Answer 4

They might be too young to crow yet....give them more time.  Our roosters 'looked' correct, but months went by before they started crowing.