Is it normal for a hen...

[BallyFarm]

I have an Americana who I’m pretty certain is a hen, nine months old, and is mounting my other hens. Is that normal?? I haven’t heard any rooster crowing or anything else that makes me believe it’s a Roo. I’ve just never heard of a hen mounting other hens before. Or am I completely wrong and it’s a Roo who just doesn’t crow?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Pictures always help. If you post a few we can help tell if you have a quiet male or just a female exerting her dominance.

Yes females will mount other females to enforce their dominance in the flock.

 

[HuskerHens18]

Yup it's normal for dominant hens to mount others.
You can post pictures if you want our opinions on her, but at 9 months old you are probably correct it's a hen. The longest I was ever uncertain of gender was 6 months.

 

[BallyFarm]

Thanks you for your replies! I will post a picture later.

 

[ChickenTenderKesha]

If it’s an “Americana” then it’s most likely an Easter Egger. Dominant females do/can mount other females. It’s possible it’s male I think, in which then it would be called a cockerel as it’s under a year old. True Ameraucanas (note the spelling) mature later than most breeds, but at 9 months s/he should be a RTL pullet who is being dominant towards the other pullets or a very slow maturing cockerel.

The pictures should be able to show us what you have when you post them I’m excited as I have some black Ameraucanas and love all the different coloured egg breeds

 

[BallyFarm]

If it’s an “Americana” then it’s most likely an Easter Egger. Dominant females do/can mount other females. It’s possible it’s male I think, in which then it would be called a cockerel as it’s under a year old. True Ameraucanas (note the spelling) mature later than most breeds, but at 9 months s/he should be a RTL pullet who is being dominant towards the other pullets or a very slow maturing cockerel.

The pictures should be able to show us what you have when you post them I’m excited as I have some black Ameraucanas and love all the different coloured egg breeds

Thank you for the advice and the correction on spelling! I never actually had to spell it before I just call them Easter Eggers. Haha but I just went out to take a picture and here she is.

 

[ValerieJ]

Hmmm...that photo didn't come through.

 

[BallyFarm]

Here I’ll try again!

 

[sourland]

That is a pullet.

 

[NatJ]

I see the picture both times, first and second.
That pretty girl looks female to me, too!