help!!!! i thought i had all pullets but i heard somebody do a wonky one....who was naughty??? pics

[nothingbutbirds]

I swore with my wyandottes that I had a rooster in the group as someone would crow every so often..  My 89 year old mother has told me that she has seen many crowing pullets that sometimes when they are young it's just something they do.

Sure enough I did have all pullets, even though 3 people heard the crowing gal.

i have heard that hens will crow

 

[Smoochie]

I have a hen that cock-a-doodle doos better than my rooster. And she lays me an egg every second day. I see and hear her doing it all the time. She is a yearling.

 

[RulerOfTheSkies]

Scramble is the roo,his crest is spikey. (spiky?)

 

[Firefighter Chick]

I have a welsummer hen that screams. I would try to get the mystery cockadoodledoo on video and post here for us to see.

 

[aoxa]

Scramble is the roo,his crest is spikey. (spiky?)

Spiky? I've never heard of that being an indicator of gender. If Scramble was a boy and is 17+ weeks - he'd have very notable saddle feathers. I don't see a single one.

 

[lindisfarne]

i think its maybe scramble the polish...i heard they can be tough to tell

 

[aoxa]

i think its maybe scramble the polish...i heard they can be tough to tell

Before they reach 12 weeks - sure.. It's a toss up based on comb development and crest shape, but after 12 weeks - they get saddle and hackle feathers like most other breeds - which makes it very obvious.

Worth noting that this cockerel above is 18 weeks old in the picture.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Unless they are henny feathered, in which case they don't ever get the pointed hackle or saddle feathers.

 

[Smoochie]

It seems as though laced polish roosters have more rounded saddle feathers. In the original pics... Group shot near bottom around feeder that Scramble I think appears that a few feathers are longer in the saddle area. I guess time will tell.


Edited... Had wrong pic reference


http://cdn.backyardchickens.com/3/33/33f54ffe_dadstriathalonandchickens049.jpeg

 

[KristyHall]

I have heard that a dominant hen can act like a rooster when there is no rooster around to do the job of protecting and peace keeping.