Do I have a roo in my flock?

[Southern28Chick]

I have 23 7 week old girls. Every once in a while I'll hear one of them scream "BUGGGGOT!" That's not a cockadoddledo I know. I never see who is making the noise. Am I just being silly? Are my girls just trying out thier big girl voices?

p.s. None of my girls look like roos as far as I can tell. I do have 4 breeds though, and I think EE's are harder to tell.

 

[marie_martin]

My 7 week old silkies do that when I pick them up. I thought one was a roo because it did that first before the other one, but they are both doing it now and I think it sounds more like a hen. They don't have combs yet like one other silkie that is younger. So I think that you are right. They are trying out their big girl voice. Or that is what I am telling myself about mine. LOL.

Marie

 

[SpottedCrow]

BaGawk!! is usually the alarm call...

My Leghorn cockerel Jerry was crowing by 6 weeks and you could tell it was a crow...even though it sounded like he was a rubber duckie being run over by a steamroller at the beginning.

 

[Southern28Chick]

So I guess I should stop worrying. I already have a rooster and he's VERY territorial. I don't think he'd like it if one of my girls grew up to be a roo.