![]() More often than not, these sayings tell more about us than the cock. He Buck would be lying in camp, dozing lazily in the heat of the day, when suddenly his head would lift and his ears cock up, intent and listening. Over the years I’ve come across a number of sayings about cockerels crowing. This behaviour seems to be controlled by an internal clock.Īs to the why they start 2 hours before dawn, at the moment the only answer is because that’s what their fathers did before them! Cock Crowing Sayings Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan discovered that they usually start crowing two hours before first light as do their wild jungle fowl ancestors. People often complain that their cocks begin crowing before first light. Where there are a number of cock birds in a flock, the males lower in the pecking order will not crow before the alpha (top) male in a morning unless they want to issue a challenge for the leadership. He’s telling any other cocks or upstart cockerels (cockerels are young cocks) that he is there and in charge. ![]() Secondly it’s part of the pecking order and claiming his territory. The crowing provides a homing beacon for his lost hens. It’s easy for a hen to wander out of sight and get lost. In the wild, chickens are floor and low-level jungle dwelling birds. Looking at what a cock does and the lifestyle of chickens, it’s quite easy to see why he he crows.įirst of all it’s a method of keeping his flock together. ![]() By Katie Thear Why do Cocks (Roosters) Crow? ![]()
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