i woke up to "her" crowing,

[chickenreyna]

I thought it was the slightly older roo crowing until i saw my bantam cochin crow this morning. . Here's my question, it is not as long as most crows even when they first start to crow.. Can a pullet mimic a crow because she hears one doing it? Or is it very out of ordinary? I know i have heard that hens can crow when they lose a roo in flock and take over as the head etc

 

[chickenreyna]

Its the white one i saw crow. I thought she was a she.. I purchased from assorted at a tractor type store. .. I guess i am really thrown off b/c i have a slightly older bantam cochin roo who literally i was able to sex before i had him one whole month .. I purchased him the sunday after Thanksgiving. . Second pic, here is he the buff colored one would only make him what two weeks older and see how much more roo like he is.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Yes, a female can crow... but, to identify your birds... how old are they? that's the biggest question.

Ok, forget me... I saw when you purchased them.

Ok, can you get a very clear shot of the white one from the top and from the side? under natural lighting. White feathers are harder to read. And a less blurry pic of the buff. I will say that from what I can see, I'm gonna wager the guess that they're both cockerels.

 

[birdofhermes]

the white one looks like my rooster did when he was younger and that's how he looked when he started crowing. still the year of the rooster for another week

 

[Birdinhand]

you either have a hen that is just coming of age and having some hormonal swings and will stop crowing once it all gets sorted or you have a young rooster coming of age that you thought was a hen or you have a hen that has some kind of reproductive imbalance, like an ovarian tumor that is causing a rise in male hormones.

 

[chickenreyna]

Yes. I will. They move so much. I was just Judging gender off of the slightly older of the same breed. Heres a photo of the more obvious positive roo at almost a month here, His combs more noticeably a roo even at 1month than the white one who is older than him that I thought was a pullet until this morning.. Regardless of breed, now i know i cant generalize as easy. LOL

 

[chickenreyna]

Hang on i know this isnt clear i will take one brb but you can see feathers shape i guess it is a little fluffier than most pullets. I also dont see the typical roo roo waxy appearance texture on feathers like most roos would have by now but im unfamiliar with white birds. Brb

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I'm going to say male, just because the age and the size of the comb and waddles.

 

[sourland]

It's a cockerel.

 

[igorsMistress]

That looks like a boy to me too.