cockeral that wont crow

[Anonymous]

i know this is a strange one, but i have a cockeral (well i presume he is) and i have seen him mount one of my girls and he struts his stuff anf i think i have another one and they do square up but so far no fighting. But neither one will crow, they have never been near any other cocks and they have never heard any other cocks so is that why they wont crow. I am happy keeping them until they do crow because i am in an residential area, but i wanted to know if some cocks dont crow ???

 

[foxy]

How old are they now and what breed? If you could post a photo that would be helpful

 

[Anonymous]

for some reason it will not let me upload the picture, i think he is about 6 months and i was told a welsummer but he does not look colourful enough too me so not sure

 

[tygrysek75]

Some birds crow later than other I had one who started at 6 weeks and other that started to crow at 6 months-they do that regardles of hearing any cockrell.

 

[foxy]

A welsummer cockerel is very distinctive, and by 6 months should be mature enough to crow, unless of course he is a cross-breed.

This is what he should look like:

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Wels/BRKWelsummers.html

Did you resize your photo before uploading, I use paint to resize, right click on your photo then open with "paint" click on "resize/skew" and change to roughly 20% then save as...

 

[chrismahon]

Sure they will crow Heather, or one of them will. The subservient one isn't allowed to crow. Only the dominant cockerel crows, or there will be a fight. Does he go through the crowing motions and no noise comes out? I say this because we had a very large Orpington who just squeaked, despite his best attempts.

 

[Stanley]

I find this interesting as Stanley doesnt really crow yet, he has done a few times..
the whole 'cock-a-doodle-doo' and then just bits, like the cock, a-doodle and a doo seperately (haha) but yeah some days he tries and gets it, some days we dont try and other days were not just there yet..
hes got to be around 6mths too..

 

[Anonymous]

i should never have opened my mouth as the little monster has crowed

the other one crowed as well but so far no trouble and he looks like the one in the picture just not as grand as i think he is still growing. He does have a few baby feathers on him but he should turn into a nice looking boy, and luckily because of all the hugs i have given him he is a nice friendly boy

 

[chrismahon]

Nothing wrong with his throat then! I've just looked at the picture which is remarkably similar to a Gold Laced Wyandotte, just with a straight comb rather than a rose -very pretty.

Have they names yet Heather? We named our monsters after monsters -Frankie, Arnold and Egor (littlest monster).

 

[Anonymous]

i was told he was a welsummer and they made me have him with a jersey giant, which i didnt mind because i wanted the giant
he was called summer but i have now called him sylvester, and the other one i have has wonky bum feathers and he was called lucy but now is called lucian,
as long as they do not make much noise they can stay with me but as i am in a residential area they may have to go which is a shame because they are so nice.

sylvester has a thing for my black and copper hen but wont touch any of the others and lucian strangely tried to jump my sarama who is size of a pigeon :lol: Silly Boys

 

[Marigold]

he was called summer but i have now called him sylvester, and the other one i have has wonky bum feathers and he was called lucy but now is called lucian,

If they're 6 months now, how long have you had them? Do you mean you were sold these birds as pullets and have since found out they're both cockerels? If so, I'd take them both back, personally, and either get an exchange or a refund from the breeder. Whenever I've bought pullets I've always agreed with the breeder beforehand that i could return a bird that started to crow, although so far I've been lucky (or my breeder has been good at sexing and honest about not knowingly passing off growing cockerels!) An experienced breeder should be able to tell pretty certainly by feather development whether a bird over 16 weeks is likely to be a male, I think.