Hen that crows??

[KelownaChickenFan]

I have an Easter egger hen that crows like a young rooster every morning....she also lays a green egg almost every day, so she's most DEFINITELY a hen!! She is also an extreme bully to all the other hens, so much so that I had to separate her. Is this common?

 

[Painted Calls]

Do you have any pictures of her that you can share?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Do you have a rooster? I heard hens without a male will grow and take that role

 

[RyderTheChicken]

Are you sure she is actually laying eggs?

 

[KelownaChickenFan]

I have a few pictures, I will try to figure out how yo post them. She is definitely laying eggs because she is separate and I find a green egg in her nest every day or 2nd day. I don't have a rooster, but I have another really bossy Cuckoo Maran hen, that I actually thought was a young roo when I first got her, lol!

 

[KelownaChickenFan]

Here is a picture of her

 

[Matilda Belle]

It is not common, but it does happen. I had a crowing hen once.

 

[Sarahh_Janeyy]

My buff orpington started crowing before she started laying. Now she is laying and she is still crowing. I had to re-home my Wyandotte because he turned out to be a roo since I live in an area where I can't have roosters, and then my hen ends up crowing anyway! Can't win.

 

[RainbowHen]

My buff orpington started crowing before she started laying. Now she is laying and she is still crowing. I had to re-home my Wyandotte because he turned out to be a roo since I live in an area where I can't have roosters, and then my hen ends up crowing anyway! Can't win.

My worst fear

 

[RobinZech]

I have/had two buff Orpingtons, Thelma & Louise, both 3 yrs old and layed eggs. Louise stopped laying and began to crow and took on the role of Rooster. I live in city limits and Roosters are not allowed, so last week I was able rehome Louise. Now Thelma has taken up the crowing and is still laying eggs. Does anyone know if this could be a learned behavior?? ( I just put 12 new chicks out in their coop and don’t want them to pick up any bad habits) Thelma is in her own coop, away from the chicks.