Do we have two roosters?

[Slagasse]

So we got a flock from my school from one of those programs (we rescued them after they hatched as no one wanted them)

We have determined the breeds the program has are red Sussex, astrolorps, lohmen and leghorns. All the chickens were born within a week of each other my classroom was the one that has the hatcher

Our problem we have the White rooster who's been crowing and Mating for about 6 weeks. We have him in a crow collar in an effort to be able to keep him. Yesterday our speckled what we thought was a hen made a crowing noise. It was only in re morning and it does not sound like our rooster in any way. We have see it try to top the hen but doesn't get fair.

However our white rooster who crows and mounts the hens doesn't seem bothered which we think it weird. The White rooster doesn't peck or bother the other speckled possible rooster when he crows or when he tries to mount the hens (though speckles was not successful) the rooster just stood and watched.

We're just trying to work out if this means we have two roosters or if one of our hens is acting strange. The rooster had tried to mount the speckled one as well. Only one of our chickens has started laying eggs so we can't use that yet.

Also it took as a while to adjust the crow collar on our white rooster and we have just started seeing the speckled one crow since then. The rooster also heards that one like a hen and when yesterday we took out the speckled chickenwho was trying to mount a hen the rooster made a fuss and pecked us like he does when we moved the hens

I Will add some photos but Any thoughts?


Sarah

 

[sourland]

I think that you probably have two cockerels. Upon occasion a hen will crow, but I have never seen a crowing pullet. Post pictures so that we can give a better gender guess.

 

[donrae]

If it crows, it's a rooster.

Pics will confirm.

 

[Slagasse]

White rooster who's been growing 6 wks who we call Mr Rooster and the other is the brown yellow and white one we call Speckles

 

[sourland]

Unquestionably, both are cockerels.

 

[junebuggena]

Both are cockerels. The one with dark shoulders looks like a typical red sexlink cockerel (Lohems are red sexlinks). The white one looks like a White Rock. A Leghorn would have white earlobes, not red.

 

[Slagasse]

Is it normal for the white cockerel to not seem bothered?

They have been raised together and we can clearly see he is dominant but this is our first flock and everything we have read says that with the speckled one crowing sometimes and trying to mate the White rooster shouldn't tolerate it but he doesn't seemed bothered at all.

 

[sourland]

I have had roosters coexist peacefully for their entire lives, and then have had roosters who apparently got along suddenly decide one day that it was time to fight to the death. They are all different.

 

[trailrider330]

First of all, welcome to the BYC flock! We are glad you joined us!

Secondly, they are both cockerels. They both have very noticable saddle feathers.

Also, just curious, have you been happy with your crow collar?

 

[Michael OShay]

I think that you probably have two cockerels. Upon occasion a hen will crow, but I have never seen a crowing pullet. Post pictures so that we can give a better gender guess.

I agree. However do post some pics. One member recently did have a genuine pullet that had started laying eggs and was crowing. She even posted a video to prove that it was really crowing and it was. That was the first time in 50 years of raising chickens that I had seen a pullet crow.