GuineaFowling
Songster
I purchased a pullet Easter egger chick back in March. When he was 1.5 months old I was convinced he was a cockerel because he had a very low “manly” voice unlike the other pullets who had soft hen sounding voices. He also had shiny tail feathers.
The little guy was also my only Easter egger which are notoriously difficult to sex, so I wasn’t sure what to expect (especially considering that the last 3 guaranteed pullets I purchased from the feed store turned out to be roosters).
Well he never grew any of those gorgeous rooster feathers and his tail is pretty rounded, so I went back to thinking he was a hen (even though I continued to refer to him as a “he”).
The Easter egger began squatting about 2 weeks ago and his comb has doubled in size and is bright red.
3 days ago, someone in my flock began crowing. Mind you this is a flock of hens, not a single rooster. All of my March pullets have began laying within the last week, so little Easter egger is the only one yet to lay.
I haven’t been able to figure out who is crowing because they shut up the minute I get out there, but I’m positive it’s the Easter egger. The crow also doesn’t sound like a typical “hen crow” which I’ve dealt with in the past from a different flock. It’s very much a rooster-like crow.
Now I’m wondering, is it possible for this Easter egger to be a rooster that squats, or is it just a hen that decided she wants to crow? And if it’s the latter, how do I go about getting him to stop. I don’t enjoy waking up at 6am to crowing.
The little guy was also my only Easter egger which are notoriously difficult to sex, so I wasn’t sure what to expect (especially considering that the last 3 guaranteed pullets I purchased from the feed store turned out to be roosters).
Well he never grew any of those gorgeous rooster feathers and his tail is pretty rounded, so I went back to thinking he was a hen (even though I continued to refer to him as a “he”).
The Easter egger began squatting about 2 weeks ago and his comb has doubled in size and is bright red.
3 days ago, someone in my flock began crowing. Mind you this is a flock of hens, not a single rooster. All of my March pullets have began laying within the last week, so little Easter egger is the only one yet to lay.
I haven’t been able to figure out who is crowing because they shut up the minute I get out there, but I’m positive it’s the Easter egger. The crow also doesn’t sound like a typical “hen crow” which I’ve dealt with in the past from a different flock. It’s very much a rooster-like crow.
Now I’m wondering, is it possible for this Easter egger to be a rooster that squats, or is it just a hen that decided she wants to crow? And if it’s the latter, how do I go about getting him to stop. I don’t enjoy waking up at 6am to crowing.