We do n’t have cock on our farm anymore . Carl and Rasputin had to go to new home because they kept rake Mom and Dad with their urging . Yes , spurs ! Spurs are long , pointy growths on the back of roosters ’ legs that they practice as weapons . Ouch !
When a cockerel ( that ’s a rooster biddy ) hatches , he has little extrusion called papillae where his spurs will be . As he grow , his papillae grow larger , harden and set about to curve . Because acantha are an emergence of peg bone , they ca n’t be remove from grownup cock , but a veterinarian can remove papilla before they harden from bantam bird . If you do n’t have the spurs removed as dame , you may file the tips of spur track on big guys like Carl and Rasputin , but even then , spurring hurt .
Our cock joined two much larger peck where they do n’t have to be so strong-growing about “ protecting ” their few hens . Our hens do n’t seem to pretermit them , but Mom misses get wind them crowing .
Most people think that roosters crow at daybreak , but the truth is they crow all the time , even in the dead of night if something arouses them , like a dog bark or a laughingstock walking past their cage .
Some cock gloat louder than others and each rooster ’s call is unique . Dominant cock have gamy sky vaporing than those further down in the pecking order . cock inherit their dash of vaporing , so household members sound somewhat alike .
hen sometimes crow , too . In olden days a crowing hen was considered an unfortunate omen . In fact , a crowing biddy might be ill or taking on leadership of an all - biddy mass .
In the English - speaking existence , humans say a rooster ’s brag sound like “ cock - a - scrabble - do . ” However , in most speech communication rooster crows are onomatopoetic , that means they ’re spelled the way a crowing rooster sound . Here is what rooster say in other lands :
Bulgarian : kukuriguCzech : kykyrykýDutch : kúkelekúúEstonia : kikerikiiFinnish : kukkokiekuuFrench : cocoricoGerman : kikerikiGreek : kikirikiHebrew : kukurikuHungarian : kukurikúúIndonesia : kukuruyukJapanese : kokekokkoLithuanian : kakariekuuuuMontenegrin : kukurikuNorwegian : kykkelikiiiPolish : kukurykuPortuguese : cócórócócóRomanian : cucuriguRussian : kukurykuSpanish : kikirikíSwedish : kuckelikuTurkish : üü ürüüü ürüüüUkrainian : kukurikuVietnamese : cuc - cuc - copper
The most remarkable crowers of all do n’t call “ cock - a - doodle - do ” like everyday roosters . cock of the longcrower breeds get crow like normal roosters , but their terminal note is long , creepy - sounding call that goes on and on until the cock runs out of breath . Drenica longcrower volaille of Kosovo crow for as long as 60 seconds ! Chicken fanciers in Japan , the Balkans , Turkey and Germany develop longsighted crowers hundreds of years ago , but they ’re just now go far in the United States . American longcrowers triumph for seven to 15 second . If you recall you ’d care to raise longcrowers , watch the YouTube video above and heed up . That ’s a Turkish Denizili rooster . After hearing him crow I bet you change your judgement !
