Help! One of my chickens sounds like a rooster

[dmcanallen]

We have three orpingtons in Atlanta GA. Just two weeks ago the oldest started sounding like a rooster and wakes up the neighborhoods each morning and continues to crow loud randomly throughout the day. We are 99% sure she is a "she". Help, what is wrong with her and what can we do to stop the noise before we get a noise violation from the city?

 

[speckledhen]

Post a picture of the bird in question and let us tell you if you have a male. Hens make noise, too.

 

[bantam0907]

Well its always possible that she is a he but there is such thing as a hen crowing. Its more sing song than a rooster but its definatly a crow.Some hens do it when there is no rooster present and im guessing since you have the noise violation worries you dont have a rooster. As far as i know there isnt a way to stop it though...

 

[stubbornhill]

We'll wait to see the pictures, but my girls make a lot of noise even without the crowing.

 

[chickengrandma]

We have a girl that is obnoxiously loud. It isn't crowing - but it is more like screaming.

Thank goodness our neighbors think the girls are funny and cute!

So don't give up on "her" yet...she might just be singing!

 

[cmom]

I agree, please post a picture...

 

[Sandy16]

We also live in Atlanta and have 2 Buff Orps. They are the loudest hens ever!! Our neighbors have a rooster (shhh! don't turn them in!) and when he crows, our Buffs answer with this god-awful screechy sound. I imagine that pterodactyls had nothing on our girls. Depending on where you are and your neighbors, it might take a lot to top the noise ordinance. If your neighbors get testy, just promise to give them the best eggs ever!!!

welcome to the city chicken club!!

 

[dmcanallen]

Not the clearest pic but this is my loud girl (or boy). Thanks for your help.

 

[chickendidwhat]

Hard to tell for sure but the neck feathers look kind of roosterish. That said, we have a number of hens that make all kinds of noise in the morning - not in the afternoon or in the evening, just in the morning.

How old is she/he?

Greg
www.thissmallfarm.com

 

[Saltysteele]

we just have young BO's, never had them otherwise, but that looks a like a rooster to me. its comb is as big as my sussex or my dad's BR roosters' combs