MY HEN CROWS!!!!

chelsiemom · Oct 29, 2016

Omg, No....I posted the whole dock weeks back and was told my whole flock was pullet!!! Uggggghhh

junebuggena · Oct 29, 2016

chelsiemom said:
Omg, No....I posted the whole dock weeks back and was told my whole flock was pullet!!! Uggggghhh

Gender assessment for birds under 8 weeks is more of a guess than anything certain. Those feathers don't lie.

chelsiemom · Oct 29, 2016

Thanks for your help. Out of 10 chickens, I knew it was long odds they'd all be female. Just hope noon else surprises me!

junebuggena · Oct 29, 2016

Start comparing back feathering. Pullets have broad, rounded back feathers, like the feathers on the rest of the body. Cockerels develop thin, pointed back feathers.

chelsiemom · Oct 29, 2016

Excuse my inexperience. Is this a rooster, too

PDS3 · Oct 30, 2016

LOL, My hen crows as well! We have no rooster so I think that she has taken on the job...and she enjoys it!

She is definitely loud though!

feonaleejones · Oct 31, 2016

My Chicken does this. She usually stops crowing once I let her out of the cage, but yes sometimes during the spring and summer she would crow (not as loud as a rooster) at 6:30am !! Drove me crazy. A few times I would squirt her with water and say "No crow!" and she stopped for a while, but as the days get darker (falll/winter) she does not crow.

feonaleejones · Oct 31, 2016

Also because she is the alpha hen, it makes sense for her to crow. She still lays eggs too !

AustralorpsAU · Oct 31, 2016

chelsiemom said:
Excuse my inexperience. Is this a rooster, too

Yes that is a rooster

MY HEN CROWS!!!!

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