At what age do roosters start crowing?

[fiddleblue]

I have 8 chicks/pullets ranging from 6 to 8 weeks old. I am hoping none of them are roosters. I read somewhere that roosters start to crow around 6 weeks. Does anybody know if this is true, or if they can start later? By what age could I be pretty sure that, if the bird has not tried crowing yet, it is definitely not a rooster?

 

[canada-goose]

They can start at any age! Six weeks, eight months, you never know with roosters!

 

[jenjscott]

Generally you will know if it lays an egg, its not a rooster.

Really though, I have had some crow and were obviously roosters by 3 weeks. And I have had some that were 12 weeks or older. Many times you can tell from the feathers or the comb/wattles before they crow. Post some pics in "what breed/gender" section and everybody will give it a guess.

 

[kysilkies]

Our first roo crowed at 3 months...

 

[nursecat9]

I have a speckled sussex rooster who is 21 weeks today. Hasn't crowed yet..but his tail is a little different from the girls, but not a whole lot. Only difference so far! I have 5 bantam cochins, all of which have been crowing since they were 5 to 7 weeks old! Go figure.

 

[GardeNerd]

fiddleblue- What breed are they?

I had one Easter Egger chick start crowing at 6 weeks, and I was pretty sure a week and a half before that, that it was a male because it was developing so differently from the other chicks and behaving differently than any pullets I had had before.

A lady that I shared an order of pullets with and who was new to chickens didn't realize one of her pullets was actually a cockerel until it started crowing at 5 months. It is hard to tell sometimes.

I agree, post in the "what breed or gender section" some photos. Most of the time, there are other characteristics you can look for that will help i.d. them earlier. However, you can never be sure until you get an egg or crow.

 

[Catstar68]

My EE roo is 16 weeks and haven't heard anything other than some BERRR-BOCK!!! when he's running away from the hens and trying to protect a particularly juicy tidbit he's caught.

He's most certainly a rooster though - saddle feathers, nice comb and all.

 

[kriz the farmer]

I have 8 chicks/pullets ranging from 6 to 8 weeks old. I am hoping none of them are roosters. I read somewhere that roosters start to crow around 6 weeks. Does anybody know if this is true, or if they can start later? By what age could I be pretty sure that, if the bird has not tried crowing yet, it is definitely not a rooster?

mine rooster is of slow growing breed he is about 4 inches and 8 weeks old and he has started crowing its too early for him
but according to google rooster start crowing at 4 to 6 months of age

 

[Thechickenchick2]

I have two, 3 month old Asian black cockerels and only one of them is giving me a very pathetic and random crow

 

[Cr8zycknlady]

Hi, I have a 3 month old Sultan and he has all the indications of a boy, feathers, the comb is red and his waddles are coming out and are red, however he has not crowed yet. This morning i heard him say peep peep like a chick and then the cluck cluck like a young pullet came out. I am hoping Freddie Mercury will be a Chickeletta! Have any of you had any experience with Sultan roos?