Egyptian Feyoumi- 8 week old (crowed a lot and very loud)

[hollytruitt]

We can't tell if this is a rooster or not. 8 weeks old, unsexed by McMurray Murray hatchery and sent to us as a freebie. Not mean at all and very flighty, do not want us touching it. Thank you!

 

[Prince and Pavo]

Hello!

Yep, that’s definitely a cockerel. Are you planning on keeping him?

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

If it crows, it's a cockerel. Unless it is a pullet with hormones issues, which is very rare and definitely not in this case.

 

[Party_Chicken]

Definitely a cockerel

 

[hollytruitt]

Hello!

Yep, that’s definitely a cockerel. Are you planning on keeping him?

Dang!!! We are for now. So far he is not mean to the girls in the coop. But he wants to eat all the treats lol. (Grubbly meal worms which we have to switch to another brand when he gets older.

If it crows, it's a cockerel. Unless it is a pullet with hormones issues, which is very rare and definitely not in this case.

Also read that Egyptian Feyoumi hens will also crow.

 

[Prince and Pavo]

If it crows, it's a cockerel. Unless it is a pullet with hormones issues, which is very rare and definitely not in this case.

True, in most cases, especially at this age. I have a two-year-old hen that I just recently posted about (search thread: Anybody Else Have A Hen That Crows?) that has been crowing lately. She came back from my neighbor’s house with two chicks, and they (my neighbors) have many roosters. The only reason I can think of this happening is maybe because she’s been hearing them crow so much that she decided to chime in with them? Not sure but it sounds very similar to my other rooster’s crow. Anyway, it is possible for hens to crow, but it is still pretty rare.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Dang!!! We are for now. So far he is not mean to the girls in the coop. But he wants to eat all the treats lol. (Grubbly meal worms which we have to switch to another brand when he gets older.

Also read that Egyptian Feyoumi hens will also crow.

That is strange. Is it regular that an Egyptian Fayoumi hen will crow, or is it fairly rare?

True, in most cases, especially at this age. I have a two-year-old hen that I just recently posted about (search thread: Anybody Else Have A Hen That Crows?) that has been crowing lately. She came back from my neighbor’s house with two chicks, and they (my neighbors) have many roosters. The only reason I can think of this happening is maybe because she’s been hearing them crow so much that she decided to chime in with them? Not sure but it sounds very similar to my other rooster’s crow. Anyway, it is possible for hens to crow, but it is still pretty rare.

Dominant hens will crow and even mate when there is no rooster around and they have decided to take one's place. Do you have any roosters with your crowing hen?

 

[Prince and Pavo]

Dominant hens will crow and even mate when there is no rooster around and they have decided to take one's place. Do you have any roosters with your crowing hen?

Yes, I do have other roosters around. In fact, I have too many and I am trying to rehome some. I currently have one “rooster” and six cockerels. But like I said, she was nesting at the neighbor’s house, and they have almost as many males as females. They mostly keep them in pairs in their own cages so they don’t fight.

 

[hollytruitt]

The issue with mine is her coloring says hen. Fayoumis hens do get a comb and wattles but its smaller than the rooster. The rooster coloring is different than a hen for the Egyptian Fayoumis.

 

[Sussex19]

I don't know about what there colouring should look like, but everything else says 100% cockerel to me.