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

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?

Public Comments

1. 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.
2. They might be too young to crow yet....give them more time. Our roosters 'looked' correct, but months went by before they started crowing.
3. 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 =]
4. 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.