That is an interesting question. Maybe someone already knows the answer.
Did you breed from any of those mute serama roosters? Did they have any problems with breeding or fertility?
Crow less Rooster? Have you heard of it?
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That is an interesting question. Maybe someone already knows the answer.
Operating on the throat anatomy to change the vocalization capacity would have no effect on the testicles that produce the testosterone that controls the sex drive.
That would depend on what mechanism is making the rooster "crowless."
If he crows for a short time (or no time), or crows quietly (or silently), I agree.
But low testosterone might remove his desire to crow-- along with his desire to mate. That would produce a "crowless" rooster that does not reproduce either.
Tangentially-related to this, my deformed cockerel, Slowpoke, has started to crow.
It seems that he can't produce a proper crow but, instead, crows an almost polite-sounding "Eh, Er-Errr" at a modest volume.
It seems that he can't produce a proper crow but, instead, crows an almost polite-sounding "Eh, Er-Errr" at a modest volume.
Last summer I had a rooster that was over 4 months and never crowed. The hens did not like him. He was always by himself.
My second rooster, also was late to crow, but my hens adore him.
This summer - 7 cockerels and they are all crowing, but a lot of them sound like a rusty gate.
Mrs K
My second rooster, also was late to crow, but my hens adore him.
This summer - 7 cockerels and they are all crowing, but a lot of them sound like a rusty gate.
Mrs K
Tonyroo
Free Ranging
Crowing is a form of communication to the hens of what the rooster is expressing. On top of all the quirky noise that he makes to communicate with them.
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Feathers of Eden
Chirping
When the chickens were wild fowl of tropical forests the crowing may have been a vital tool for roosters to make a flock and mate with hens .
In Today's practice, in a confined coop or space ,when there is no competitive rooster that can crow and steal your hen's heart and he is the only rooster in the area, I am not sure how many hens would or could stop his advance because he can't crow.
But since you have a rooster in your flock, you have hatching eggs to sell or maybe put into incubator and since he can't crow there is no complaints from your neighbors.
No crowing, no complaints, everybody happy.( Ok maybe the rooster is not happy happy but hey, he survives and mates).
It is a compromise for a better chance of survival . You crow you are killed , you don't you mate. Pick your poison.
JacinLarkwell
Enabler
Hens are rather efficient at casting out genetic material of males they disfavor
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