Confused! Crowing...pullet???

[black_dove2]

My Danish Brown was did almost a crowing when a pullets. Because of her more dominant behavior that stated emerging along with her comb and wattles I was still worried about her being a rooster.

And this in spite of having many assurances otherwise!

She's settled down and is very friendly with me.but she has continued to be a very vocal hen except when laying . She sits quietly does her thing then jmps off.

Maybe it's a mini or return call to rooster. Like her Marco Polo

 

[FrankHomestead]

I have a pair of Pekin bantam chickens who are now 17 weeks old. It was obvious from an early stage that they were a male and a female. The male started crowing a month ago and the female's face has been getting pretty red lately, so I was looking forward to eggs soon...right??

Until this week something strange happened. Now, I have to keep the cockerel inside overnight because of the early morning crowing. I put him outside at around 8am. Yesterday, when I came out to open up the coop before letting out the cockerel from the house, I heard and saw my little Pekin pullet crowing!

It was a definite starter crow. She was sitting on a perch, neck extended, and making that first long shrieking crow that roosters make when they are practicing. So what is going on???

The cockerel feeds and attempts to woo her. She is DEFINITELY a girl. Except...she crowed yesterday morning and this morning.

Is it possible she was responding to the male who was still in the house at the time? He was crowing so was it some kind of weird reply? Did she miss him?? What is going on?? I've heard of older, dominant hens crowing and even had my top asil hen crow a few times last year. But I've never heard of young pullets crowing.

They both look male to me?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

They both look male to me?

Definitely a pullet. The feathering is all wrong for a cockerel.

 

[FrankHomestead]

Definitely a pullet. The feathering is all wrong for a cockerel.

Oh ok, just both saddle feathers look fluffy and rounded like a roo to me...but I'm still very new to sexing

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Oh ok, just both saddle feathers look fluffy and rounded like a roo to me...but I'm still very new to sexing

Fluffy and rounded is a pullet, thin and pointy is a cockerel.

 

[FrankHomestead]

Fluffy and rounded is a pullet, thin and pointy is a cockerel.

I meant the tail, not the feathers themselves. Nevermind, I'm wrong anyway hahahaha