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post #1 of 11
5/4/12 at 7:56am
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My year old EE "Daisy Mae" just crowed? It was a good crow. Not loud but she had all the right inflection!  Any thoughts as to why/how? I've seen her lay an egg so I'm sure she's a she!

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post #2 of 11
5/4/12 at 12:08pm

i have had some asian game hens to try and crow i asked the same question to some of the old guys around here and they say it happens sometimes, that the hens are just trying to mimmick the roosters,  also said that years ago people believed it was bad luck and would put the crowing hen in the freezer.   i have only had it to happen a few times and only with my asians,  one malay hen and one saipan hen,  i have also seen my asil hens try to crow but no noise comes out past a kind of a screech.    it is pretty neat in my oppinion to see a little hen trying to crow i dont see it as bad luck at all, just the jungle fowl coming out in them.

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post #3 of 11
5/4/12 at 12:14pm

Just wanted to let you know I have an English Mastiff named Dasiy-Mae. big_smile.png

~Marcy Lauryl~
13 hens, 2 roos, 8 muscovies, 2 turkey poults, 2 Indian Runners ducklings, and  incubating chicks & ducks cause I'm addicted! 2 drooling English Mastiffs, 1 naughty Welsh Corgi, 2 obnoxious cats, 3 little boys, and 1 husband. I'm a nurse & a picker...
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~Marcy Lauryl~
13 hens, 2 roos, 8 muscovies, 2 turkey poults, 2 Indian Runners ducklings, and  incubating chicks & ducks cause I'm addicted! 2 drooling English Mastiffs, 1 naughty Welsh Corgi, 2 obnoxious cats, 3 little boys, and 1 husband. I'm a nurse & a picker...
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post #4 of 11
5/4/12 at 12:22pm
Ive heard that if they have no roo that they will sometimes do that
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post #5 of 11
5/4/12 at 3:08pm

Congrats! now if your neighbors complain about the "rooster" you can honestly answer "I only have hens! " clap.gif

Deuteronomy 32:11
He is like an eagle that stirs up its nest. It hovers over it little ones. It spreads out it wings to catch them on its feathers.

 

 

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Deuteronomy 32:11
He is like an eagle that stirs up its nest. It hovers over it little ones. It spreads out it wings to catch them on its feathers.

 

 

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post #6 of 11
5/4/12 at 4:40pm

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Mark 11:22-23

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Mark 11:22-23

"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

 

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post #7 of 11
5/4/12 at 7:09pm

Iv heard of hens doing that.Sometimes they even grow feathers like a rooster.

Romans 8:38-39

For i am convinced that neither death nor life,neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future,nor any powers,neither height depth,nor anything else in all creation,will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

                           

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Romans 8:38-39

For i am convinced that neither death nor life,neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future,nor any powers,neither height depth,nor anything else in all creation,will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

                           

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post #8 of 11
5/5/12 at 6:33am
Quote:ChickenPeep wrote:

Jesus is Lord, not a curse word.

 

 

Quote:Roosterlover5 wrote:

Romans 8:38-39

For i am convinced that neither death nor life,neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future,nor any powers,neither height depth,nor anything else in all creation,will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Great signatures!!! people!

 

I believe there is only one way to fix a crowing/rooster hen.

gosh I cant remember it. I will see if I can find it.

 

Like roosterlover5 said.

sometimes when they molt they will get rooster feathering. as well as larger wattles and combs.

Deuteronomy 32:11
He is like an eagle that stirs up its nest. It hovers over it little ones. It spreads out it wings to catch them on its feathers.

 

 

look at my My Page Here http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/battery-hens

 

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Deuteronomy 32:11
He is like an eagle that stirs up its nest. It hovers over it little ones. It spreads out it wings to catch them on its feathers.

 

 

look at my My Page Here http://www.backyardchickens.com/a/battery-hens

 

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post #9 of 11
5/5/12 at 12:04pm
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Great signatures!!! people!

 

 

Thank you!

Mark 11:22-23

"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

 

My Flock and Video Page

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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Mark 11:22-23

"Have faith in God," Jesus answered. "I tell you the truth, if anyone says to this mountain, 'Go, throw yourself into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him.

 

My Flock and Video Page

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #10 of 11
5/7/12 at 6:39am
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Thanks for replies folks. She hasn't crowed again and it's not because she's in the freezer!  I thought it was very interesting, funny and strange.  She has never heard a rooster crow so for her to make this new sound I was very surprised.  I work at home and my hens can see me from their run while I'm sitting at my desk.  They often give me what my daughter calls the "Chicken Eyeball" when they want some free range time; which is always or at elast anytime I look their way.  It was as if she thought "let's try this and see if he gets off his rump". It worked.

 

Looked through a few Googled pages and saw stuff like she's going through a gender change, she'll stop laying, etc.  All a little extreme.  No more crowing, and I'm still getting eggs.

I'll never forget it though.. neck stretched, head through the fence, eyeball looking right at me and  err, ah err, uh, errr! twice.

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