Is my naked neck a rooster or a hen?

sarahkennedy92 · Mar 31, 2016

Beans here is 6 months old. Though he/she was a girl this whole time untill this morning when he/she started to make a loud crowing noise.

We brought 4 baby chickens (mixed breeds) the same time this guy was purchased, two of those we soon found out we're clearly roosters, they started crowing at roughly 3months old and were re homed a long time ago. So this crow like noise this morning came as a very big suprise!!

Is it normal for naked neck chickens to crow so late? And do they sound different from other breeds of chickens?

I'm still new to the chicken game so any advice would be greatly appreciated

oldhenlikesdogs · Mar 31, 2016

They are hens, again.

sarahkennedy92 · Mar 31, 2016

oldhenlikesdogs said:
They are hens, again.

Thanks appreciate your reply! So glad to hear would have been devastated if they were both boys! Any ideas why the naked neck has started to 'crow' all of a sudden?

oldhenlikesdogs · Mar 31, 2016

Are you sure it was a crow? Hens make all kinds of cackling calls.

ftfarmer22 · Mar 31, 2016

Yep, she is definitely a hen, not a roo. Sometimes a dominant hen will give a little "Cockadoodle doo" every now and then, notta worry.

sarahkennedy92 · Mar 31, 2016

My girls are a cherpy bunch but I have never heard any of them make a noise like that before! It wasnt as traditional of a sound as other roosters we've experience in the past but was loud enough to wake us up (coop is not close to our bedroom) and when we went out there she was up on a stool 'crowing' and acting very rooster like haha that's what got me second guessing myself!

sarahkennedy92 · Mar 31, 2016

ftfarmer22 said:
Yep, she is definitely a hen, not a roo. Sometimes a dominant hen will give a little "Cockadoodle doo" every now and then, notta worry.

Haha that's good, at least I'm not going crazy!

Momma Kat · Oct 24, 2019

My Ponyo who is a hen approaching 7 months of age has not yet laid an egg, but has now started crowing. It’s weird. Has yours laid eggs and does she still crow?

Chickassan · Oct 24, 2019

Ponyo is a cutie! I gotta ask about this though. :lau

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Momma Kat said:
My Ponyo who is a hen approaching 7 months of age has not yet laid an egg, but has now started crowing. It’s weird. Has yours laid eggs and does she still crow?View attachment 1942457

Momma Kat · Oct 24, 2019

I didn’t even realize I posted that second pic. OOPS!! I’m so sorry. It’s just a joke from a movie. We reference to it quite often. Even as old as we are. We just help ourselves.

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