Crowing hen or odd colored roo?

[Fenrisulfr]

I watched him/her for a while now, and I am quite convinced, it is a roo. It is more tiny as the other hens, it has the body posture of a roo ... and of course, it crows, ... it crows much.

But I really never had such a distinct spotting on the chest at this age, being a roo. You always learn.

In a few weeks the vent test will show it for 100%
I'll keep you posted.

 

[Fenrisulfr]

At the moment he/she stopped crowing ... still watching carefully

 

[LJHC]

It looks like my Falb Fee birds. My male originally looked like a female too and then it started crowing. Now he has a very distinct necklace of dark feathers around the neck and the females are more speckled and then white on the chest area.

 

[Fenrisulfr]

It looks like my Falb Fee birds. My male originally looked like a female too and then it started crowing. Now he has a very distinct necklace of dark feathers around the neck and the females are more speckled and then white on the chest area.

Do have a photo of your male?

 

[Ratchnick]

Its not uncommon to get the random bird (1 in 100ish) that does not conform colorwise with the parrents. I'm guessing that happened here and it is a color that is not feather sexable.

 

[Fenrisulfr]

So, ... the secret is lifted.

As the whole group started laying eggs, I seperated the crowing one (which didn't crow anymore for the last 2 weeks).
And ... she lays eggs.

A new experience for me, too. Till now I thought, hens would never crow.
I knew from chickens, that some hens are crowing, but I thought quail hens never do it.

So ... we can say, ... sometimes hens are crowing, but roos never lay eggs

 

[Fenrisulfr]

Its not uncommon to get the random bird (1 in 100ish) that does not conform colorwise with the parrents. I'm guessing that happened here and it is a color that is not feather sexable.

I have to correct this. She is a Pharao, which is feather-sexable. That made me so astonished.
(And I forgot to mention, that the spots didn't vanish)

I had similar case last year, with a Silver Tux, which are not feather-sexable. There were two of them in the hatch and I thought, I heard both crowing. But one started to lay eggs and I thought, may I just mixed them up by identify them.
Maybe it was the same case as here.

But this teaches me again, you'll never stop learning.
And may I should not rely on crowing only, in the future.

 

[CovidtimeQuail]

Oh no!

You know what this means? This means I will keep my roos for months on end hoping that by some miracle, they lay an egg.

 

[Fenrisulfr]

Same here ... hopefully a vent test, after 8 weeks+ may shortens this

 

[FloorCandy]

So, ... the secret is lifted.

As the whole group started laying eggs, I seperated the crowing one (which didn't crow anymore for the last 2 weeks).
And ... she lays eggs.

A new experience for me, too. Till now I thought, hens would never crow.
I knew from chickens, that some hens are crowing, but I thought quail hens never do it.

So ... we can say, ... sometimes hens are crowing, but roos never lay eggs

Hmmmmmm, so I have one I thought was a hen, she’s big and wide and looks henlike, she’s a snowie so is Italian pattern but silver. She has definite spots on her chest. I posted a thread I’ll link after. I was cleaning the chips and I took her out of the cage and put her in a bin alone, as I reached for the next one, she started crowing. I put her in my male pen. Your outcome makes me wonder. She/he is not getting over mated in there as I assume a lone hen with 9 boys might, I do keep all sides covered except the front, and it faces west so it doesn’t get morning sun thru the front, which helps keep everyone calmer. She is the biggest one tho. No eggs so far and she must be well over 11 weeks now. Hopefully she isn’t a lady I tossed into quail jail with a group of hardened male criminals lol.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/i-found-an-imposter-male-with-chest-spots.1445991/