Sebright Hen Crowing

[Paddlefoot]

I’ve got a 1.5 yr old Sebright hen who is a pretty good layer by breed standards. She goes broody every time she goes off lay. She’s just come back into lay in the last week or so, but has started crowing from time to time. I know this can be a lack of rooster/dominance thing, but she is our only bantam and not our dominant hen. Is it a common breed trait? She is certainly a hoot who marches to the beat of her own drum!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Do you have a rooster?

 

[Texasclucker]

I’ve got a 1.5 yr old Sebright hen who is a pretty good layer by breed standards. She goes broody every time she goes off lay. She’s just come back into lay in the last week or so, but has started crowing from time to time. I know this can be a lack of rooster/dominance thing, but she is our only bantam and not our dominant hen. Is it a common breed trait? She is certainly a hoot who marches to the beat of her own drum!

My silver laced Sebright hen used to also crow usually when you don't have any roosters they will crow it is completely okay!

 

[Paddlefoot]

Do you have a rooster?

No, I guess I just didn’t expect it from a low girl on the totem pole?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

No, I guess I just didn’t expect it from a low girl on the totem pole?

It's usually a hormonal issue as far as I've read, maybe she's trying to improve her status by taking the role?

 

[Paddlefoot]

My silver laced Sebright hen used to also crow usually when you don't have any roosters they will crow it is completely okay!

I’ve noticed a lot of sebrights and bantams mentioned when I search crowing hens and kind of wondered if there was any correlation. She’s such a cutie next to the big girls giving it her all.

 

[Paddlefoot]

It's usually a hormonal issue as far as I've read, maybe she's trying to improve her status by taking the role?

She’d make a steely-eyed ruler if she were bigger than my other girls, that’s for sure. She’s a fun one

 

[Texasclucker]

She’d make a steely-eyed ruler if she were bigger than my other girls, that’s for sure. She’s a fun one

I love sebrights they are really sweet if you work with them!

 

[Painted Calls]

I’ve noticed a lot of sebrights and bantams mentioned when I search crowing hens and kind of wondered if there was any correlation. She’s such a cutie next to the big girls giving it her all.

Was just going to say this. Most of the crowing hens I've seen are Sebrights.

I have a bantam Cochin hen that crows.

 

[Paddlefoot]

I love sebrights they are really sweet if you work with them!

Our Sebright has more personality than several of our other girls combined. She’s a doll.