Do hens "crow" like roosters?

Jon J · Jul 29, 2008

I have three big plump white hens. I had another white one that turned out to be a roo instead. Of the three, One is now crowing like a roo but has the large body of a hen. The other white roo is half the size of the three white hens, So I'm kind of puzzled here. Thanks.

Acre of Blessings · Jul 29, 2008

nope

hens don't crow so undoubtly you have yourself another roo

Hens go..... bak-bak-bak

firem3 · Jul 29, 2008

ive always been told that some hens can and will crow, especially if there was a roo that had been in the flock and was removed.

Gloria · Jul 29, 2008

None of my hens crow, but they sure can give my roo a good talking to!

arlee453 · Jul 29, 2008

Hens will crow from time to time. It's not common, but not THAT unusual either. As firem said, often crowing hens happen when there is no rooster in the flock and a dominate hen takes on the role of the rooster.

SamG347 · Jul 29, 2008

When I introduced a new rooster once...it made my Blue Ameraucana mad...she leaned back and let out a crow. It was the funniest thing ever. We later took the roo out and she went back to normal. Guess it wasnt love at first sight hah

chickenbike · Aug 23, 2008

Quote:
Wow...this can really happen? I have 4, 13 week old Patridge Chanteclers. I thought I had 4 hens however.....this week, one began the mornings with "CaCaaw.....CaCaaw". With no wattles or combs it is not so easy to identify roosters. There is no evidence of spurs whatsoever. The only difference is in the feathering pattern.

I'm guessing a few more weeks will tell me for sure?

SpottedCrow · Aug 24, 2008

It most certainly CAN happen.
I had a bird that was a true hermaphrodite...Slifer the Sky Dragon had huge spurs, was male feathered, and crowed. I put her on female hormones for a month and she STILL crowed, but laid me a beautiful baby yellow egg.

My 5 year old Leghorn hen, Obelisk the Tormentor, is done with her egglaying for the year. She's been moulting since July. And she's also crowing, so it's a hormonal thing with her.

HorseFeathers · Aug 24, 2008

Hens sometimes will crow, they will also grow spurs (they don't make sexing easy for us, do they?). Not a normal hen behavior, but yes, it does happen.

Poulets De Cajun · Aug 24, 2008

I think there are many conversations about this. It seems like it comes up about twice a day lately. Must be Hen crowing season or something...

Do hens "crow" like roosters?

More options

Jon J

In the Brooder

Acre of Blessings

Canning/Sewing Addict

firem3

Songster

Gloria

Songster

arlee453

Songster

SamG347

Songster

chickenbike

Songster

SpottedCrow

Flock Goddess

HorseFeathers

Frazzled

Poulets De Cajun

Crowing

Similar threads

New posts New threads Active threads

Latest posts

Latest threads

Threads with more replies in the last 15 days