Hen is Crowing and Mounting Other Hens Help!

[hannahshatcheryofficial]

Hello! So I have a 4 month old hen who has started to make weird “crowing”-like noises (although it doesn’t sound like she’s actually crowing, more like a strangling baby screaming haha). She’s started mounting my other hens as well. If she didn’t look so much like a hen, I’d say she was a cockerel but she looks SO much like a hen that I am genuinely stumped. This is the first time I’ve ever had a weird “I truly don’t know” situation when sexing pullets/cockerels, what do y’all think? Is it just a butch hen or is she a cockerel that looks like a hen?

 

[FunClucks]

Wow, that is different. No idea what to tell you, but that's an interesting noise "she" makes.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

That’s a cockerel.

 

[Bird fanatic]

Hmm very strange, to me it appears... to be a rooster, maybe.... the "crow" does sound like a young roo trying to crow but I guess we will have to wait and see.

 

[Bird fanatic]

That’s a cockerel.

I agree I think it is a roo

 

[All4Eggz]

That's a cockerel you've got.
And perfectly normal behavior.

 

[hannahshatcheryofficial]

Wow, that is different. No idea what to tell you, but that's an interesting noise "she" makes.

Yes I’ve been raising chickens for a while and this is one of the strangest things I’ve EVER seen. I feel like I’m crazy sometimes when I look at her and her body type looks exactly like my other hens, but once in a while I could swear I heard her crow. The weird thing is she only started making this noise a few weeks ago! Never had any “cockerel signs” any earlier.

 

[hannahshatcheryofficial]

Hmm very strange, to me it appears... to be a rooster, maybe.... the "crow" does sound like a young roo trying to crow but I guess we will have to wait and see.

Is it just me then who thinks it looks like a hen? I’ve never seen a roo with that round body type and round “saddle” feathers before. Also, she does the “squat” when I go to pick her up like she’s waiting for a male to mount her. Maybe she is just very confused hahaha

 

[hannahshatcheryofficial]

That's a cockerel you've got.
And perfectly normal behavior.

What about the female body type it has?

 

[Isadora]

Your video cracked me up. The crow and then you saying, "WHY"