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[maranfarmer563]

Great looking birds guys.
fly pen how big are your pens? I made winter pens 4'x10' in my barn. Warmed up today melted snow,now we got a muddy mess again.

 

[flypen]

Great looking birds guys.
fly pen how big are your pens? I made winter pens 4'x10' in my barn. Warmed up today melted snow,now we got a muddy mess again.

All of the single mating pens are 4x6x4 a couple are 4x8x4. I have some 4x4x4 pens that I keep stags in, I took a metal car port 18x21 and built 9 brood pens out of it

 

[prariechiken]

How about hen crows? This girl used to pop her wings and crow when flying down onto the yard in the mornings when I was out to feed. My grandfather used to stop what he was doing and kill any hen he heard crow...

 

[prariechiken]

Really nice setup and nice looking fowl too.

 

[maranfarmer563]

Some of my hens have sharp spurs,but I never heard one crow. I did have a rooster that went broody and hatched eggs

 

[centrarchid]

How about hen crows? This girl used to pop her wings and crow when flying down onto the yard in the mornings when I was out to feed. My grandfather used to stop what he was doing and kill any hen he heard crow...

Every last one of my hens with chicks makes a crowing like sound as they forage about but do not do it when coming off roost. It is not a proper crowing sound as you describe although wing flapping involved where popping sound is not produced in contrast to the males which at least with cocks in good form make the popping sound. Such hens for me are prone to fighting through pens so I have to be particularly careful then. Both I associate with elevated levels of testosterone although in former case involving chicks, progesterone is also high. The hen crowing I see not only disperses broody hens, it also helps harem master / cock keep track of everyone even when line of sight is broken. On male side I can promote broodiness for chicks in all my games very easily but have not observed such for eggs. The same cocks / bullstags by default will take over rearing juvenile offspring of about 5 weeks of age until young are 12 weeks and sometimes pushing 16 weeks like current group being observed. The must be allowed to imprint and it is easy to see when process is taking place. The male side activities I think have been selected for by the breeding system employed for games over the centuries if not milienia. Parentage known and male's investment can make a difference. These behaviors easier to see in a walk / free-range setting. In breeding pens everything is too tight for birds to act or me to appreciate.

 

[maranfarmer563]

@how big of free range game do you have? I counted 7 roosters,of 3 generations .24 hens . My roosters interact with day old chicks