Squatting to be or not to be

[Rebechenson75]

Oh that's too funny. My pullets are way louder than my cockerel. He only crows in the morning and few times and is generally quiet. The girls are so loud! Constantly yapping to each other.

My cockerel still hasn't crowed. He will be 22 weeks on Wednesday.

 

[Rebechenson75]

You have quiet Wyandottes?? I didn't think that was a thing, lol. Mine never shut up. Their noise is so distinct, even my half Wynadotte mixes make the noise.

I've found that pullets that mature in the fall/winter tend to lay later than my spring babies. In the spring my babies lay right around the 20 week/4 month mark. But later season babies seem to lay closer to 6 months.

The trade-off is that later laying pullets tend to start right off with larger eggs. I have a very petite little EE girl who just started laying at 6 months and all of her eggs so far (maybe 5 or 6?) have been over 50 grams!

I have 3 light brahmas 1 is a cockerel. I have one Black Copper Marans and 5 gold laced wynadottes. They are so quiet most of the time. Once in a while they get chatty with me.

 

[WingItRanch]

My cockerel still hasn't crowed. He will be 22 weeks on Wednesday.

No worries. Mine didn't crow until around 25 weeks old.

 

[Rebechenson75]

One thing that I have noticed is that my cockerel gets quite upset if any of the girls get loud or start running around. He is quick to herd them back together and pecks at them till they are quiet. Is this a problem?

 

[WingItRanch]

One thing that I have noticed is that my cockerel gets quite upset if any of the girls get loud or start running around. He is quick to herd them back together and pecks at them till they are quiet. Is this a problem?

Nope. Mine also gets upset when the pullets are loud or make sudden movements. He has a full time job trying to keep the girls herded where he wants them. Mine doesn't peck at them, though. He sticks a wing out and pushes them. I'm not sure what the pecking is about.

 

[Rebechenson75]

Nope. Mine also gets upset when the pullets are loud or make sudden movements. He has a full time job trying to keep the girls herded where he wants them. Mine doesn't peck at them, though. He sticks a wing out and pushes them. I'm not sure what the pecking is about.

It's like he's nipping at them to get their attention. He's never pulled feathers or drawn blood.

 

[Rebechenson75]

I don't think you should necessarily expect it, or if you just had what I just happened, you would make no assumptions about sex either. A 4-month old silkie I'm positive is a cockerel, just squatted in front of the coop as I was standing there to make sure they went in. I started petting him and he squatted down just like a hen. (They're being acclimated to a new coop from where they were.)

I've had a few of my hens squat, and we have a few roosters. But I wouldn't think anything one way or the other personally.

We are definite about his gender. The others are all pullets as far as we can tell.

 

[Rebechenson75]

This is Sesame from a couple weeks ago

 

[Debbie292d]

My cockerel still hasn't crowed. He will be 22 weeks on Wednesday.

I have one that's a year and a half and never crowed. They say some silkies never do but that's my first and I've had/got a lot!

 

[Fluster Cluck Acres]

I have 3 light brahmas 1 is a cockerel. I have one Black Copper Marans and 5 gold laced wynadottes. They are so quiet most of the time. Once in a while they get chatty with me.

Maybe mine are broken, lol