Hen started crowing?

[SugarDuck]

We have an SLW hen who started crowing today when our only rooster ( White Leghorn ) started learning to crow only a few days ago. He would sound out and then she started to do it. She is the biggest hen and has ran the yard for a while. However, she won't be old enough to lay until August. I've read on here that some hens will crow in the absence of a roo but will one do it as well as the rooster? Or do I have a SLW rooster and not a hen. Is this normal?

 

[CalebtheChicken]

Sence you have a rooster already, I don't think you have a hen. I think it's a rooster

 

[FrizzlesRule]

I' ve had a few hens that crowed, but they were atleast three or four years old. I actually named this little bantam leghorn, Crowing hen, because she crowed on and off for the rest of her life and stil laid eggs. And I've had roosters everytime I've had a hen crow. I've had three hens crow, one leghorn, white cochin and my old araucana hen.

 

[Dora'smom]

I thought it was a display of dominance. She has run the yard, and now her dominant spot is in jeopardy, so maybe she is trying to assert her dominance over him. Just a thought.

 

[MikasGirl]

I have about three hens who crow, and we have a rooster. A pic might help

 

[SmartyChick]

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I think you might have a roo, I have never heard of a hen that crowed so early.

 

[SugarDuck]

This thread has a picture of her from a month ago. I'll get a more recent pic.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4194677#p4194677

 

[Jeeper1540]

ive had a hen start crowing, but this seems a little too early

 

[speckledhen]

That looks like a cockerel to me. Crowing would be pretty normal for that boy!