Stu France Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Hi All. I'm new to this forum and quite new to keeping chickens. I have three chickens and a cockerel. The girls (we bought at point of lay at the beginning of summer) are very healthy and are living a happy free-range life here on our converted French farm. I've built a completely new henhouse (and chicken run for when they need to be contained) I recently introduced a 20 week old cockerel. It took the girls a week to accept him but now he is following them round and has been climbing on their backs over the last couple of days without too much commotion. I'm a little worried he is not making any noise. He stands with his mouth open and no noise coming out. He occasionally make the odd cackle. He eats once the girls have had theirs and drinks plenty of water. Should he be crowing by now (approx 24weeks old), or is he ill? I've read a bit about sour crop and I'm wondering whether he needs some antibiotics... Thanks in advance. 🐓 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cat tails Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 If he is happy, active, eating and interacting with your hens, he is most likely fine. Not all cockerels crow a lot or very loudly. I think most on here consider you lucky if you have a quiet cockerel! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
