[kazzii2010]

i have a hybrid cockerell unsure of age but he has just started getting all his tail feathers ect........ he does not crow he did crow a little for a while when i had my other two boys but no i dont get a sound from him, not even when my silkie crows, he is not interested in my girls and never treads my girls unlike my silkie am i just lucky or do i have a problem that my vet does not no about, could anyone tell me, thanks

[8doubles]

Chicken hormones can get mixed up as with all animals.
Does it have an interest in hairdressing.

[jaxchucks]

Hi

I have the same problem!!! we were given a cockerel he is about 18 months old, but does not crow, and hides in the Hen house!!! we have had him for about six weeks now and I dont think he has done the deed yet with my four ladies. We keep our ladies up at our allotment and we spend a good few hours up there each week, and I have never heard him crow and he is always in the hen house with one of our ladies who is broody!!

I really think mine is into hairdressing!!!

Jackie

[kazzii2010]

i started to worry he may be ill as he does not act like any cockerell i have ever owned, he is a lovely bird though follows you in the house to see what treats are about and sits on the outside of kitchern window when i am cooking watching me, he is a strange bird but i am glad you have a boy the same so he is probably fine just different, lol

[Kym503]

I'd say lucky you.  We had 2 chicks...both turned out to be cockerals and crowed...so got eaten :-(

[joyfull]

One of my boys Chuck berry, has just started crowing today - he was hatched around Easter time - he lived at Grannie Annies for a few weeks where he crowed quite happily but then came back home to me and stopped. Today though after I dispatched an aggressive cockerel he obviously felt safe enough to test out his vocal chords and is now crowing away quite happily  . My other little boy (called beeper as he follows me around beeping) still hasn't crowed