Really EXCESSIVE CROWING

[FiveMileCreek]

He is a few months old, the girls are the same age and they've just started laying the last month, I'm not sure exactly how old that would make them. Definitely less than a year old. They were very young when we got them. Is it hormones? Is that a thing?

If the girls are laying a month ago, and he is the same age, then he is not a couple months old. He's more like 6-8 months old, so it's him being overly proud of himself. I would crate him by himself, teach him to be more humble. Probably atleast a week by himself and he should settle down.
I have 3-5 roosters at a time, in side by side areas and they may have a crow challenge 2-3 times a day, but that's it. And it's more often when they want attention. So maybe your boy is also doing it because it gets him attention, even if it's him getting in trouble. So putting him in time out, may make him realize he isn't getting attention for the noise.

 

[OstrichEmu]

Sometimes, we got to let nature take it's cause, I just showed your message to my daughter. I thought maybe she could share some advice but she just cracked out loud laughing. My neighbors adores my rooster's crowing more especially in the early hours. I have learned a lot from my rooster, as for how he put others first. He always allow others to feed first before him. He could even sense me from a distance. All the best

If the girls are laying a month ago, and he is the same age, then he is not a couple months old. He's more like 6-8 months old, so it's him being overly proud of himself. I would crate him by himself, teach him to be more humble. Probably atleast a week by himself and he should settle down.
I have 3-5 roosters at a time, in side by side areas and they may have a crow challenge 2-3 times a day, but that's it. And it's more often when they want attention. So maybe your boy is also doing it because it gets him attention, even if it's him getting in trouble. So putting him in time out, may make him realize he isn't getting attention for the noise.

He is a very humble boy apart from the noise, he has never charged me all my husband or my child and has never attacked any of the females. He is just a very loud mouth.

I can't remember who it was but someone in the thread mentioned it could be hormones and I'm hoping that was the case, because suddenly he has started to quiet down especially during the daylight hours. I'm pretty sure the neighbors don't mind a rooster crowing during the day because there are a few roosters in the area but his was excessive and frustrating but the last two days or so has been quite reasonable in my opinion( compared to what it's been).

We did just experience a heatwave, do you think that it could have anything to do with that that he was just crowing non-stop because of the heat? They did have access to full shade all the time and freshwater but the crowing was just unreal

 

[RubelliteRose]

And it's more often when they want attention. So maybe your boy is also doing it because it gets him attention, even if it's him getting in trouble. So putting him in time out, may make him realize he isn't getting attention for the noise.

Before we got a rooster, one of our girls would stand by the back porch and scream the egg song until someone came out to escort her to the nest box (or until she was minutes from laying)

We did just experience a heatwave, do you think that it could have anything to do with that that he was just crowing non-stop because of the heat?

Perhaps he was blaming you for the heat and demanding that you do something about it

 

[SueT]

Roosters crow in the morning, fact.

Morning times is a rooster thing, no doubt.

Roosters don't just crow in the morning. You know that, right? You've had roosters before to compare to? Ours pretty much crow all day and half the night, and I never considered them abnormal....

 

[OstrichEmu]

Roosters don't just crow in the morning. You know that, right? You've had roosters before to compare to? Ours pretty much crow all day and half the night, and I never considered them abnormal....

I get that, I'm just saying it's pretty much expected for roosters to crow in the morning, it's their thing. I know that they can crow whenever the mood strikes but mornings are the gig. I've never had roosters before, it's my first rodeo. Roosters are noisy, I was just asking if it's normal for him to be crowing nonstop (and it's not an exaggeration) but I've pretty much gotten my answer

 

[wrathsfarm]

I'm just here to say he's quite the handsome fella. Good to hear that his crowing has settled down some for you.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Male chickens grow a lot, some more than others, like the male that you have. Cockerels who are learning how to make their crow sound better and also wanting to prove their dominance (because of raging hormones) will be the ones that are the loudest and crow most often. They usually quiet down once they have improved the sound of their crow to their liking, and their hormones die down. But that is only usually. Some cockerels never have a decrease of hormones and amount of crowing.

It can definitely be annoying, and rehoming is most likely the best option. DO NOT put a no-crow collar on a male chicken, EVER. That is abuse. A no-crow collar, despite the name, only muffles the crow a bit—it can still be heard. And the way it does that is by compressing on the chicken's vocal area—that is the abusive part of it. The pressure puts pain on their throat and can easily cause them to not be able to breathe and eventually die of suffocation. Therefore, you need to take a better pathway for this male and rehome him.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I get that, I'm just saying it's pretty much expected for roosters to crow in the morning, it's their thing. I know that they can crow whenever the mood strikes but mornings are the gig. I've never had roosters before, it's my first rodeo. Roosters are noisy, I was just asking if it's normal for him to be crowing nonstop (and it's not an exaggeration) but I've pretty much gotten my answer

A male typically crows a lot more in the morning than any other parts of the day, but there are of course exceptions like yours which want to crow the same amount all day long. It is caused by their raging hormones that tell them to prove their dominance to the everyone else, and if he is a cockerel, then it would also be because he wants to improve his crow to sound like he wants it.

 

[BDutch]

So maybe your boy is also doing it because it gets him attention, even if it's him getting in trouble. So putting him in time out, may make him realize he isn't getting attention for the noise.

I don’t know much about roosters, but I know hens come nagging for treats if you started to give them treats a few times to be quiet.
So if the cockerel knows there’s a chance to get treats if he crows you should stop doing so and reverse it.

 

[Delphene]

I have a young rooster (previously thought to be a hen) who JUST. WON'T. SHUT. UP!

The entire day (sometimes from 2am and even right now) he will crow. Non stop. I haven't had complaints about him yet but I'm sure they're going to come. He isn't aggressive and was hand raised so I genuinely care about his loud a$$ but this is really a problem. Our flock is only 3 birds, they're free range. Is he bored? Opopr is he just a nuisance? I don't know what to do. We go out to shut him up and the moment we turn around he is at it again. Extra food? Crow. Fresh water? Crow. Treats? Crow. Shout? Crow. Chuck water at him? Even MORE crowing.

It's endless. Getting him rehomed is a last last resort. He is beautiful and huge, kind of funny sometimes but it's just unreal. The last thing I want is for him to end up in a pot.

Tips, anyone, please. Enrichment ideas, treat ideas, "rooster jail" ideas, anything

I'm sorry that sounds hard. Dont try to throw things ect. It makes it worse. Is there any other roosters there? We used to have a few roosters and they'd crow to each other. They also crow when there trying to call over the hens. If the hens run around by themselves he might be trying to call them over.

The number of hens per rooster is not exactly the greatest. The minimum hens per rooster is 10. This might be effecting the crowing although i'm not sure.

Maybe try holding him and walking around with him. If you can catch him that is. It could help calm him down.