Hen crowing questions

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I got some more rescue hens last night, Rode Island Reds and this morning when I went out to feed and water them one was crowing. I have heard hens do this in the past when I was younger and thought it was funny. She is a 1.5 yo hen. She is in the lot with my 2 goats and 16 other hens I dont have a roo but she has been with one in the past. The lot is nearly 900 sq. ft.

Now I am wondering why she might be doing it?
Does it mean she wont lay as much?
Does it mean she is probably more aggressive toward other hens?

I am unable to observe them till later to see how they are all doing due to the rain and a severely sprained right hip. But I intend to go out later and sit with them.

FTR I didnt isolate them from everyone because they came from the same flock I got my other 5 hens from a month or so ago due to an overcrowding situation. Normally I would have if I was bringing in outside animals.


Any thoughts on the crowing thing?

 

[nchls school]

I got some more rescue hens last night, Rode Island Reds and this morning when I went out to feed and water them one was crowing. I have heard hens do this in the past when I was younger and thought it was funny. She is a 1.5 yo hen. She is in the lot with my 2 goats and 16 other hens I dont have a roo but she has been with one in the past. The lot is nearly 900 sq. ft.

Now I am wondering why she might be doing it?
Does it mean she wont lay as much?
Does it mean she is probably more aggressive toward other hens?

I am unable to observe them till later to see how they are all doing due to the rain and a severely sprained right hip. But I intend to go out later and sit with them.

FTR I didnt isolate them from everyone because they came from the same flock I got my other 5 hens from a month or so ago due to an overcrowding situation. Normally I would have if I was bringing in outside animals.


Any thoughts on the crowing thing?

I have a bantam hen that crowed for her first two years and then quit. In every other way she was a normal hen; laying eggs-brooding, etc, She is now eight years old and has not crowed for many years; she still lays a few eggs and broods often. An oddity? Hormonal? I never found an answer.