Hens Crowing?

[MTN Hens]

Hi there,

I have 2 five month old pullets that I added to my small flock in may. I've been waiting for eggs but yesterday, I heard a crow instead. However, I don't think it was from one of the babies...

Perhaps I am in denial because at this point I am hopelessly attached to this bonded, mismatched pair, but I really don't believe either is a roo! I have a dominant older hen, Cinnamon, who I honestly believe is the one behind the crowing. Could this be possible? I mean, the hormones are just flying around with all these ladies and with the babes "coming of age" could that possibly influence this odd behavior of potentially having a hen crow?

The attached photos are from A while ago. Both of their faces have turned much redder in the past week which leads me to believe certain hormonal changes are happening. I will add some current photos tomorrow. Any info on this would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

[Pyxis]

The booted bantam is a pullet, I'd need to see a better picture of the other bantam to tell its gender for sure but I also lean towards pullet. Yes, hens do crow, especially dominant hens in the absence of a rooster.

 

[Teila]

Hi MTN Hens

Yep, hens crow .. I have one who crows on a semi-regular basis. She is the flock 2IC and is definitely a 'she', 5 years old and lays eggs but she also crows and on occasion has attempted to mount the younger girls

I definitely think that hormones flying around the place have something to do with it.

 

[sylviethecochin]

I used to have a BB OEGB hen that crowed constantly, despite the fact that we had four roosters. Some hens are just weird.

 

[Teila]

I used to have a BB OEGB hen that crowed constantly, despite the fact that we had four roosters. Some hens are just weird.

Just some? LOL

 

[sawilliams]

hey can you send your crowing hen over here? I need someone to teach my cockerel to crow.

But more seriously they both look like pullets from here.

 

[MTN Hens]

Thank you so much for the responses so far! I am no expert, but I feel quite confident I have all ladies! Here are a few recent pics just to confirm I in fact have pullets... I'm not allowed to have roosters and separating them would break my heart even more than losing one. Good to know I just have a bunch of weirdos! (Kind of already knew that...)

 

[sourland]

"The booted bantam is indeed a pullet. The EE had me confused in the early picture, but also appears to be a pullet in the recent pics.