My “hen” started crowing?

[chickenbarn-gal]

She is probably one of the least dominant girls in the flock, she goes whenever the leader goes and has never acted in any way like my previous roosters. I woke up today to find her crowing at the top of her little lungs. (She’s 5 months old)

Does she look like a rooster to any of you? Or maybe just a crowing hen?

 

[WhiteWyan]

She honestly doesn't look like a rooster to me, do you have pictures of her next to her sisters?

 

[redranger209]

View attachment 1510154 View attachment 1510153 She is probably one of the least dominant girls in the flock, she goes whenever the leader goes and has never acted in any way like my previous roosters. I woke up today to find her crowing at the top of her little lungs. (She’s 5 months old)

Does she look like a rooster to any of you? Or maybe just a crowing hen?

That’s a little cockerel. Cochins never get very big combs and waddles.

 

[Alexandra33]

This is Mille Fleur d'Uccle. Are you sure "she's" 5 months old? Even males of this breed usually sport much more spangling at that age.

If you ask me, your little chook reminds me of my d'Uccle cockerels at 6 weeks.

~Alex

 

[JedJackson]

If it is a cockerel, it is a very late developing one, especially for a bantam. I'm not seeing any male traits. The legs are maybe a little thick, and the comb is maybe a little large. A better shot of its tail and back could help, but at this point I couldn't say it was one or the other.

 

[JedJackson]

This is Mille Fleur d'Uccle. Are you sure "she's" 5 months old? Even males of this breed usually sport much more spangling at that age.

If you ask me, your little chook reminds me of my d'Uccle cockerels at 6 weeks.

~Alex

Looks older than 6 weeks to me.

 

[Alexandra33]

Looks older than 6 weeks to me.

I wasn't necessarily implying OP's cutie is 6 weeks, more that mine looked very similar at specified age and up. Guess what's throwing me off is the fact that neither my 5-month-old pullets OR cockerels lined up with this little one.

~Alex

 

[WhiteWyan]

These are my cochin boys. Big wattle and they are 5 months old. Hatched end of March. For comparison.

 

[JedJackson]

I wasn't necessarily implying OP's cutie is 6 weeks, more that mine looked very similar at specified age and up. Guess what's throwing me off is the fact that neither my 5-month-old pullets OR cockerels lined up with this little one.

~Alex

Yeah, I'm thrown, too. Pullet crowing is not so common as one would believe from reading these forums, so I'm inclined to think it is a very late developing cockerel. But the feathering shows no signs of that, and if 5 months is right, then that adds to the confusion, because it should be showing male feathering by then.

 

[Alexandra33]

Just thought I'd share for fun.

d'Uccle cockerel - 5 months:

d'Uccle pullet - 5 months:

d'Uccle cockerel and pullet (ignore the baby in the middle, that's what I believe is called a chimera, and not good reference material) - 6-7 weeks:

~Alex