Hen? Won't stop crowing!! Help!

I rescued a baby chick that was being rejected by what seemed to be the mother, and was in danger of getting eaten by cats. I live in a townhouse with a small yard and 4 dogs all diff sizes. She's an only chick but she gets along with the dogs! There are some days she'll get spicy and try to peck at their faces. She's pretty smart and I feel like she listens when I tell her to stop because then she'll walk around them just fine. What's really becoming an issue is crowing. I bought her a coop with a run which I've been keeping indoors in the same area as the dogs so they're next to each other but can't get to each other when I'm not around. My backyard is very small and although the plan was to fit her coop in a corner so she can be outside, we can't do so yet because we are in the process of paving the yard. What I'm realizing is that the crowing is going to be an issue for my neighbors if/when she gets moved outside. My boyfriend actually wants to keep her inside but I understand chickens need some sun and some grass to graze. I've tried letting her outside but shes terrified of the outside world and quickly runs back inside. Would it be a bad idea to keep her indoors most of the time? And I've read that being the only chick can cause them to act like roosters, but I really cant have her making all that noise so how can I stop the crowing behavior? She is currently going on 4 months of age. I have been told by several chicken lovers that shes a hen but can I have an experienced chicken lover confirm this? Any tips or advice will help! View attachment 2323648
That is a ROOSTER.
 
I didn't say it didn't happen - only that it is rare.
We get a lot of people who read something about how hens, sometimes and very rarely, crow. And it's true. But they think their crow-er is a hen when it's FAR more likely that they're just IDing their rooster wrong.
Which is also OK, it's OK to be hopeful, and it's normal to be wrong. That's how we learn. But it's worth knowing that hens crowing is simply rare and if your bird crows it's probably because it's a rooster.
No, it is 100% RIR hen.
 
No, it is 100% RIR hen.
This bird is a RIR hen???
I rescued a baby chick that was being rejected by what seemed to be the mother, and was in danger of getting eaten by cats. I live in a townhouse with a small yard and 4 dogs all diff sizes. She's an only chick but she gets along with the dogs! There are some days she'll get spicy and try to peck at their faces. She's pretty smart and I feel like she listens when I tell her to stop because then she'll walk around them just fine. What's really becoming an issue is crowing. I bought her a coop with a run which I've been keeping indoors in the same area as the dogs so they're next to each other but can't get to each other when I'm not around. My backyard is very small and although the plan was to fit her coop in a corner so she can be outside, we can't do so yet because we are in the process of paving the yard. What I'm realizing is that the crowing is going to be an issue for my neighbors if/when she gets moved outside. My boyfriend actually wants to keep her inside but I understand chickens need some sun and some grass to graze. I've tried letting her outside but shes terrified of the outside world and quickly runs back inside. Would it be a bad idea to keep her indoors most of the time? And I've read that being the only chick can cause them to act like roosters, but I really cant have her making all that noise so how can I stop the crowing behavior? She is currently going on 4 months of age. I have been told by several chicken lovers that shes a hen but can I have an experienced chicken lover confirm this? Any tips or advice will help! View attachment 2323648
 
Thank you everyone for all your helpful responses! I am very attached to him at this point but unfortunately I cannot add more chickens at this time. I love chickens and have always wanted to keep a flock but my yard is definitely not big enough and i want him to be happy. It hurts me to say but I may have to start thinking about re-homing him :'(
If you get a crow collar you should be fine. If he is fine with the dogs then you do not need anymore chickens as he sees the dogs as his flock. It seems that you have a very sweet boy and I would hate for you to get rid of your baby. Just keep a crow collar on him during the day if you ever move him outside, and when he is inside, to keep him from crowing you should put him in a blackout coop for the night and that way you can control when he crows for the first time that morning.
 
If you get a crow collar you should be fine
Have you ever used a crow collar? Have you seen some of the stories about their things?
It seems that you have a very sweet boy
Not when those hormones start raging. Can't really judge sweetness until he's gone past a certain age...

How about a nice new home, where he can be a normal cockerel?
 

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