Silkie female ... Crowing? Is she a he?

[ellebelle]

This evening as the sun was going down, I heard an awful loud noise from the coop. I ran down stairs to see one of my white silkie bantams kind of .... Half crowing. It didn't sound like a cockadoodledoo, more like one loud, "errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.". All one tone and very loud.

Here is a photo of the bird in question :


kungpao-a by Lissa**, on Flickr

It is not a show quality bird and I think I read that pullet do grow combs and wattles sometimes and I didn't think this birds were excessively large? It is about 22 weeks old and this is the first time I've heard this. Could it be the egg song? The larger chickens (barred rock, Wyandotte, EE) have all started laying this past week.

 

[luvchicks8]

yup that is a roo

 

[xcsports]

look at that face

 

[jen5680]

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X2

 

[ellebelle]

Crap, those are illegal in the city. Hopefully he'll be quiet until I find a place for him.

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Will he crow every day now?

 

[luvchicks8]

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most likely my silkie is my loudest crower even louder than my standard cochins. Good luck

 

[ellebelle]

Out of curiosity, I'm 99.9% sure that the other silkie is a female based on the photos and the differences between the two. But just so I have no more surprises, this one = a girl, yes?

 

[luvchicks8]

I think the that one is a pullet yes