Female rooster!

[Ratmommy]

I have 2 new cochens approximately 6 months old , 1 black and 1 buff. My black chick is huge (looks like a turkey) while my buff is much smaller. The big girl has decided to crow for now 3 weeks every morning at 7. She crows before my little man does. We call her JJ, short for Joan Jet (singer). She doesn't have a pretty crow, it sounds like a sick goose. Sooo loud!
We just laugh at her, we figure she was, (as they say) Born this way!

 

[sourland]

What makes you so certain that 'she' is not a rooster?

 

[Ratmommy]

Well, we purchased them, (4 at the time) a buff, a black cochen and 2 black australorps. They were all sold as females. None are laying yet, but they are just turning 6 months old. Her comb is very small. I did some reading up on this phenomenon, turns out, they can absolutely begin to crow. Can't wait to see some eggs appear so I know for sure.

 

[sourland]

Crowing hens do exist - generally they show up as older mature birds. It would be highly unusual for a pullet to be crowing. By any chance are the saddle, hackle and tail coverlets starting to become pointy.

 

[Ratmommy]

I'm a little green on their features, maybe you can help a sister out here. I'm guessing the saddle hackles are somewhere on her chicken face (head)? And pointy tail feathers.. Should I be looking at her backside for theses? Lol. Help!

 

[sourland]

Hackle feathers are the neck feathers. Saddle feathers cover the sides - before the hips and after/under the wings. Tail coverlets are just prior to the tail juncture - tail feathers on a rooster will also become longer and more curved. In addition to being more pointy than hen feathers, these feathers also tend to become more shiny in a cockerel.

 

[aoxa]

 

[micah O]

Sounds like it is messed up

 

[1muttsfan]

Does sound like you have a little rooster - you might try posting a few clear side and front shots in the What Breed or Gender section of the Forum.

 

[sumi]

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