Two 6 month+ old hens crowing and not laying!

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

They're both mixed breeds. The pattern of the mostly white one and the barred one's beard suggest they have EEs somewhere in their background but since EEs aren't an actual breed I'd just call them barnyard mixes.
I'd reconsider the whole keeping them plan. The crowing is gonna get louder and more frequent and the neighbors complaints are too.
No crow collars aren't gonna eliminate the problem and IMO are cruel.
If the neighbors are already complaining it's just a matter of time until you're gonna be asked to get rid of them and by then feelings may be so bad that they're gonna be turned off about you having chickens at all.
I'd rehome them now and get a couple for sure pullets/hens before there's a lot of bad blood over your chicken keeping adventures.
Just a thought.

I agree. They are both mixes, the crowing will get louder, no-crow collars won’t do crap and are cruel to the animal, and since the neighbors are already complaining, it might be best to give them away. What do you see here for these two chickens, @The Moonshiner, males? @aart doesnt think so.

 

[aart]

What do you see here for these two chickens, @The Moonshiner, males?
@aart doesnt think so.

No @JustAChickenLoverOverHere , that's not what I said.
I said the feathering didn't appear to be clearly male.

Odd, I don't see pointy saddle feathers on either bird.
Hackle feathers aren't clearly male either.

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

No @JustAChickenLoverOverHere , that's not what I said.
I said the feathering didn't appear to be clearly male.

Ok. Well do you think they are males or females?

 

[aenea_flower]

I agree. They are both mixes, the crowing will get louder, no-crow collars won’t do crap and are cruel to the animal, and since the neighbors are already complaining, it might be best to give them away. What do you see here for these two chickens, @The Moonshiner, males? @aart doesnt think so.

We made an agreement with our neighbours that they wouldn’t crow before 8am or after sunset and I don’t think there’s any rules here specifying that you can’t keep roosters. That why we’re thinking of keeping them for as long as we can. I don’t think there’s much of a rehoming industry around here so I’m not sure how I’d be able to find someone willing to take them either.

How often do roosters normally crow? I feel like these two are rather quiet compared to what I’ve seen. They only crow every so often so most of the time it’s quiet. I’m still curious as to why they don’t ever crow when a person is around them though...

 

[JustAChickenLoverOverHere]

We made an agreement with our neighbours that they wouldn’t crow before 8am or after sunset and I don’t think there’s any rules here specifying that you can’t keep roosters. That why we’re thinking of keeping them for as long as we can. I don’t think there’s much of a rehoming industry around here so I’m not sure how I’d be able to find someone willing to take them either.

How often do roosters normally crow? I feel like these two are rather quiet compared to what I’ve seen. They only crow every so often so most of the time it’s quiet. I’m still curious as to why they don’t ever crow when a person is around them though...

Good luck with that agreement and keeping them. My roosters crow rather often, especially the bantam.

 

[aenea_flower]

Good luck with that agreement. Especially in summer when the sun rises earlier. We have a few people around us that have roosters. I've heard them as early as 530 am. Doesnt bother me but I dont think that agreement is going to last with your neighbors.

We’re keeping them in the garage for the night so they won’t start crowing till we wake up and let them out (which is around 8)!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I think you can, I put my roosters in a nest box with a door, let them out late, and put them to bed earlier. I have not (knock on wood) had complaints in a while.

 

[Party animal]

Sometimes hens crow when there is no rooster, but I would suggest finding a different place for them, because you usually can’t do anything about it.

 

[Party animal]

The darker one looks like a rooster, so that one is definitely a roo.