Male never crow but a hen do

[Brianachan]

I got few young quails about 50days old now. One is surely male but never crow, never aggressive, very quiet, but a hen very loud, every time I go near to the cage, she crow at me trying to threat me off, if My hands pointing at her, she even try to peck at me! I raised her in my house from the beginning, the first person she saw was me when she came out of the shell. why?

 

[Quaicken108]

Hello! A belated !
Can you post pictures of them? Are you sure on genders or ‘crowing’? If my calculations are correct their not too old and some males don’t crow until a bit later. Do you have other quails? The roo might be submissive and not be as aggressive as others. The roo stereotype is that they’re aggressive but not all are. Hope this helps!

 

[SpotTheCat]

I got few young quails about 50days old now. One is surely male but never crow, never aggressive, very quiet, but a hen very loud, every time I go near to the cage, she crow at me trying to threat me off, if My hands pointing at her, she even try to peck at me! I raised her in my house from the beginning, the first person she saw was me when she came out of the shell. why?

Are you sure thats a hen? When happy my males don’t crow.

 

[shrimpsilkies]

Hens sometimes make a creaky or squeaky noise and leap at people, sometimes their brains get confused and they want to defend their eggs or food and water supply. I had one that was also so defensive of her resources that she would peck my hand and squeak at me. It doesn’t sound much like a male’s crowing, though.

 

[SpotTheCat]

Hens sometimes make a creaky or squeaky noise and leap at people, sometimes their brains get confused and they want to defend their eggs or food and water supply. I had one that was also so defensive of her resources that she would peck my hand and squeak at me. It doesn’t sound much like a male’s crowing, though.

I have a hen who when upset will stretch up like a male crowing then just chirps, definitely not crowing though.

 

[Nabiki]

Does your hen sound like this?

 

[Brianachan]

Are you sure thats a hen? When happy my males don’t crow.

Pretty sure, I only had one hen laying eggs every day who is not molting at the moment is this one. And the other male always stepping on her.

 

[Brianachan]

I have a hen who when upset will stretch up like a male crowing then just chirps, definitely not crowing though.

OK，maybe it’s chirps, but she did opened mouth wide, each sound is short repetitive but loud, like : ah ah ah ah....she’ll keep chirping until I go away. If I want to touch her, She’ll come to peck me

 

[Brianachan]

OK，maybe it’s chirps, but she did opened mouth wide, each sound is short repetitive but loud, like : ah ah ah ah....she’ll keep chirping until I go away. If I want to touch her, She’ll come to peck me

Like she’s protecting her territory, but hens should not do that right?

 

[Nabiki]

OK，maybe it’s chirps, but she did opened mouth wide, each sound is short repetitive but loud, like : ah ah ah ah....she’ll keep chirping until I go away. If I want to touch her, She’ll come to peck me

Okay, that's not crowing, then. Hens can be quite territorial.