Pullet or Cockerel? Dumped Chicken

[YellowRoseFarm]

You have a cockerel.

Yeah, I've come to terms with that. He'll need to be rehomed because we're not allowed to have roosters.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

My Polish hen, which is probably on the lower end of the pecking order, started crowing recently! Shoots out her wings and puts her neck out just like a rooster! She is just over two years old and just started this behavior. She sounds like somebody strangling a cat!

 

[Sylie]

I am currently on my second crowing hen. I had one a couple of years ago, she was full into gender reversal, stopped laying eggs, grew her comb and wattles out, crowed occasionally. Sadly she died of organ failure a year ago. (typical with gender reversal situations from what I was told, it was my first experience with this). I now have a 14 week old OEGB that has crowed 3 times in the last 2 weeks. It definitely does sound like she is being strangled hahaha!

 

[KikiDeAnime]

Is there a reason it won't stop crowing even in the dark? Are you all sure it's definitely a pullet?
I'm getting concerned now

 

[MochaChickMama]

Can EE hens have combs that large and red?Our hen was so light and small always. I thought the deeper rust coloring on the wing was a male sign too. I’m so surprised everyone said hen, I’m here to learn!

 

[Windrider]

Can EE hens have combs that large and red?Our hen was so light and small always. I thought the deeper rust coloring on the wing was a male sign too. I’m so surprised everyone said hen, I’m here to learn!

I think it is because the hackles and saddles are so rounded. If that were a cockerel, they should be pointed.

Asking the experienced people here; are there cases of EEs roos being henny feathered? I know a few breeds are, and some games, but an EE? Never heard of it, but maybe?

 

[NatJ]

Update: It is now crowing

I'm guessing that is why the former owner dumped it.

Please update again if it lays an egg. Right now, I'm not sure if it's a crowing hen, or a hen-feathered rooster. Both are relatively rare, but definitely do exist.

 

[3KillerBs]

Please update again if it lays an egg. Right now, I'm not sure if it's a crowing hen, or a hen-feathered rooster. Both are relatively rare, but definitely do exist.

 

[JedJackson]

It could be a henny feathered rooster. It could also be a hen with a damaged ovary, which brings out masculine qualities in any hens afflicted in this way. Or perhaps it is a hermaphrodite, with a little bit of both male and female in it. The bottom line is that it is likely to continue to crow, and if that can't be happening where you live, you may need to re-home this bird. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[3KillerBs]

The bottom line is that it is likely to continue to crow, and if that can't be happening where you live, you may need to re-home this bird.

Much could depend on the specific language of the rules.

My daughter's mother-in-law had a crowing hen who was also one of her best layers.

She had a printout of the ordinances that specifically said "no roosters" rather than "no crowing" and would have needed only put the hen into a dog crate for a day to prove that she laid eggs.

However, she never needed to since she lived on a multi-acre lot surrounded by woods and other multi-acre lots.