Warren County

Photos and video: Find out for whom the rooster crowed at the Warren County fair

Doralynn Lee was not happy with her rooster's performance, so she got below the cage in an attempt to get her rooster to make noise.

Rhett Karrenbrock, center, poses with Allison Duncan and Grace Schlansker after winning the rooster crowing competition on July 7 at the Warren County Fair.

Doralynn Lee was not happy with her rooster's performance, so she got below the cage in an attempt to get her rooster to make noise.

Doralynn Lee and Rhett Karrenbrock talk with queen's court members Grace Schlansker and Allison Duncan during the Warren County Fair's rooster crowing competition.

Unhappy with her rooster's performance, Doralynn Lee got below the stage in an effort to try to get her chicken to make some noise.

Miss Congeniality Grace Schlansker and a rooster watch the rooster crowing competition.

Grace Schlansker watches a rooster who spent the entire competition just watching its fellow roosters compete for the title.

Grace Schlansker and the winning rooster watch each other during the competition.

The winning rooster did not have a name, so it'll just have to go by "Champ" for the time being.

The winning rooster crowed six times during the fifteen minute competition, completely blowing away the other roosters that failed to crow at all.

Doralynn Lee was not happy with her rooster's performance, so she got below the cage in an attempt to get her rooster to make noise.

Posted Thursday, July 13, 2023 1:48 pm

Photos by Jason Koch

The rooster crowing competition brought out some of the loudest birds in the livestock barn at the Warren County Fairgrounds — many of which caught severe stage fright during the actual contest.

Only the champion, an unnamed rooster owned by Rhett Karrenbrock, felt the urge to cockle-doodle-doo during the contest, mostly urged on by its young judge, Olivia Pollard.

“It’s something to be proud of,” Karrenbrock said. “It’s not like I did anything. It’s more the chickens!”