The crowing hen thing is really not all that common, not as much as you would think by talking to people. Hens may make this long caterwauling wail, but they don't actually crow just like a rooster all that often. I have had one hen that did at around 5 years old after losing her rooster, but...
Getting big! All blues and blacks. Hawk got one - just went in the house for a minute - hate that SOB! Seven huge boys, sold them. Three girls, all going to look like my Alma.
Some of my unusual colors -
Alma, my blue girl
Blue splash
Snoopy, the man! He's supposed to be a blue Columbian. I'm getting some pretty chicks from him and my splash and blue girls!
We call ours the nunnery. We also have a lot of oldsters. Two are unusual - Oreo, who is 9-ish years old, started crowing like a rooster when she went through henapause. Blackie, one of the two oldest at 10+, actually stills lays an occasional egg. She is, as we speak, broody and is a...
We have a separate coop/run for the old ones. They deserve to not be bothered by the Roos. They don't roost, but they do go up in a dog house at night.
Last year I bought some "blue Columbian Brahma" eggs. They grew into beautiful birds, but there's no telling what's in their background.
I really like this one, but don't have a clue what color she might be.
Another one has this patterning.
Two more are colored like this -
The only...
An interesting color. Daddy is a partridge Brahma, Mama is a blue Brahma. I'm not trying to create a new color, just wanted to hatch some chicks so gathered eggs one day and put them in the incubator. I think she's a beauty! She looks to be very close to laying age, so I'll probably hatch...