Crowing Hen

[FarmerGirl101]

Hello! I have a question. So I heard my hen crowing and she laid eggs. I sent the video to a few chicken friends and they have all said that is a rooster crowing. My question is can a hen crow?

 

[Delaneygraces]

Yes! She definitely can. I had a hen crowing before, and there are plenty of users here who have had a crowing hen before. I’m not too sure why, although I’ve had it explained to me before! I’ll see if I can find an old thread of mine, and direct you there!

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Okay! I was pretty certain that it was fine but I just wanted to double check

 

[Delaneygraces]

Found it!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/crowing-hen.1220127/#post-19514554

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Thank you!

 

[KikiLeigh02]

Does she only do it as she lays an egg?

 

[FarmerGirl101]

No in the morning as she lays around 2. She just crowed

 

[chuckachucka]

I have had three hens that have crowed. One was my top hen when we didn't have a rooster and It seemed to be a hormone imbalance thing because she did it after weaning chicks and stopped once she started laying eggs again. The second was a pullet who laid one egg and then stopped, crowed every day right next to my rooster, and eventually stopped when she started laying again. The third was very recently, a pullet who crows in the morning when the rooster is still in my garage where he sleeps to minimise noise overnight. If I don't reunite them early enough she crows, seemingly because she misses him.
So I think crowing pullets and hens is a lot more common than some people think!

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Yes. Yes it is

 

[aart]

I sent the video to a few chicken friends

Can you post the video here?
Upload to youtube or vimeo then link here.