Comments on: How Do Roosters Know When to Crow?

By: Tom

Tom — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:01:09 +0000

Didn’t anyone read the roosters were kept in the dark for weeks at a time. How crule is that!!

By: Ruth Pengler

Ruth Pengler — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:35:01 +0000

Our Rooster crows in the middle of the night, starting about 2:30 a.m. He crows until he is fed. Then he crows before retiring about 4:30 or 5:00 pm.

By: bob coe jr

bob coe jr — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:27:31 +0000

I have a wild rooster that just showed up last July.The rooster and my dog seem to be the best of friends.They set on the deck soaking up the sun.It is winter here in KC.MO.when I feed the dog in the Morning the rooster is there waiting for his food since I have started feeding him.And he crows his head off when ever I put foodout.He also crows at the crack of dawn,after the crack of dawn and many times duringthe day.Just not at night.So much for that study…

By: Taylor Barnhill

Taylor Barnhill — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 01:08:37 +0000

I was in Bolivia in the late 70′s and the rural roosters there crowed on the hour, every hour, like clockwork. I was of course amazed but local folks took it for granted. I later speculated that the roosters learned this behavior from the earlier history of every village having a church bell that was rung every hour, and they kept it up for generations after the church bells were long gone. Any tho’t son this?

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:19:17 +0000

Clearly the scientists have never lived in Africa. I lived in West Africa for 2 years, and the roosters and hens ran free most of the time, and I can tell you for a fact, they crow all day long and pretty much constantly all day long. There were several I offered to buy and eat just to shut up.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:19:12 +0000

Interesting!

By: Mohi Kumar

Mohi Kumar — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:27:27 +0000

Fixed! Thanks for the sharp eyes.

By: proofrok

proofrok — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:59:29 +0000

Is “when when” a Japanese rooster…or?

By: Dani Hale

Dani Hale — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 23:07:59 +0000

My roosters crow in the morning, in the evening, and randomly throughout the day. Roosters crow when the hens lay, they crow when there is danger, they crow when they get separated from their flock and sometimes they just crow to hear themselves crow.. My rooster is crowing his head off right now and it is 4 in the afternoon on a beautiful sunny day.
I don’t put much stock into this study.