2006-08-29 16:07:06 · 12 answers · asked by suMmeRiZheRe♥ 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
They are announcing their territory.
2006-08-29 16:11:37 · answer #1 · answered by October 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He is proclaiming his territory, basically saying, "Don't you mess with my hens!" And although he does crow at dawn, he also crows at other times of the day, too. Especially if there are other roosters within earshot. I have several in different pens and they answer back and forth all day.
Light plays a role also -- chickens are diurnal (awake in the day, asleep at night), so they wake up as soon as it begins to get light -- half an hour or more before the sun rises. But a rooster will also crow if there is a full moon or bright artificial light, or if you live above the arctic circle in the summer time, where the sun doesn't set. (I saw a question on Yahoo Answers from a person in Sweden who asked why roosters crow at 1 AM -- well, in June the sky is still pretty light up there in Scanidnavia, and roosters don't tell time -- they go by the sun. If it's up, they crow! On the other hand, darkness --even artificial -- will put chickens to sleep. During a solar eclipse, they all go back in the coop to roost!
2006-08-30 11:44:56 · answer #2 · answered by not_mn_nice 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Roosters crow because roosters that have crowed before them were preferred as mates -- being loud with a big red -do works for chicken chicks.
They crow when they do because of circadian rhythm (in layman's terms, it's a clock inside of living things that roughly corresponds to the cycle of a day).
2006-08-29 23:23:16 · answer #3 · answered by Em 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They are 'announcing' to any other roosters..."Keep Away"!
Roosters are territorial, and are keeping other males away from 'their' flock.
Other birds, do this in the morning, as well, for the same reason, (*song birds, crows, etc.) but, none quite so well as, the "rooster"!
2006-08-29 23:24:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Communication.Most of the crowing takes place in early morning, as does most singing, because that is when the birds are most active, and most of the territorial advertising takes place then. Many of the other vocalizations heard throughout the day are for other types of communication, including flocking calls, which serve to keep members of a flock together and in touch if they are out of sight from one another.
2006-08-30 16:01:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you ever noticed that men yell Yahoooooo when leaveing a club at closeing time and they are half drunk? Well it is the same thing. they are letting all men know they are there and ready to fight and letting all the women know they are manly and ready to mate.
Same for a rooster...
2006-08-30 00:11:40 · answer #6 · answered by Don K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have nothing better to do with their time and they want to let others know that it is their territory
2006-08-29 23:14:05 · answer #7 · answered by mr. Bob 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
territorial disputes over the barn
pretty complicated idea.
2006-08-29 23:18:19 · answer #8 · answered by fakemoonlandings 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To get people up.It dosnt work onme
2006-08-29 23:35:55 · answer #9 · answered by nikkole 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandson just said, "To wake the sun, so it will rise". lol..
2006-08-29 23:22:24 · answer #10 · answered by pebbles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋