Hen crowing suddenly?

[ReluctantChickenOwner]

I have 6 chickens that are approximately 26 weeks old. At this point I've only been getting 3 eggs a day and I'm not sure which are laying.

Today I believe one of them crowed. It's is a black Australorp. At this point I assumed they were all hens. But maybe not? The Australorp doesn't have spurs, and it does sort of hunch down when I go to pet or pick it up. So I'm not sure. It does always seem to eyeball me when I come into the run, but more like it's avoiding me. It also has always sounded like it growls or has a cricket sound. We named it Cricket.

Here is a picture from today. Thoughts?

 

[The-White-Elephant]

I have 6 chickens that are approximately 26 weeks old. At this point I've only been getting 3 eggs a day and I'm not sure which are laying.

Today I believe one of them crowed. It's is a black Australorp. At this point I assumed they were all hens. But maybe not? The Australorp doesn't have spurs, and it does sort of hunch down when I go to pet or pick it up. So I'm not sure. It does always seem to eyeball me when I come into the run, but more like it's avoiding me. It also has always sounded like it growls or has a cricket sound. We named it Cricket.

Here is a picture from today. Thoughts?
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”She” is indeed a boy.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thinking masculine pullet. I see no obvious pointy saddles.

 

[ReluctantChickenOwner]

”She” is indeed a boy.

So a rooster or a masculine pullet as another poster mentioned?

What signs do you see?

 

[The-White-Elephant]

So a rooster or a masculine pullet as another poster mentioned?

What signs do you see?

I would say rooster. His comb and wattles seem pretty big for his size

 

[ReluctantChickenOwner]

Thinking masculine pullet. I see no obvious pointy saddles.

How old are they when still considered pullets? This one is approximately 26 weeks.

 

[ReluctantChickenOwner]

I would say rooster. His comb and wattles seem pretty big for his size

Is that small for 26 weeks?

 

[The-White-Elephant]

Is that small for 26 weeks?

Size-wise? Like body size or watle size?

 

[ReluctantChickenOwner]

Size-wise? Like body size or watle size?

Oh sorry, to your comment: Wattle to the size of the body. It's 26 weeks old

 

[The-White-Elephant]

Oh sorry, to your comment: Wattle to the size of the body. It's 26 weeks old

Ah. Wattle seems big for 26 weeks, however , there are some select hens who have large wattles and combs. But my bet is that he is a boy.