what's up with my hen screaming/crowing?

[FromChictoChick]

One of my almost year old black star hens has recently taken to doing something between a scream and a crow

Besides being a sex link and I've seen her laying eggs in sure she's a hen so what gives and how can I get her to cut it out. .. The neighbors aren't likely to be too fond of that behavior!

We did lose our alpha-type hen a short while ago... Could this mean she's the new leading lay and it's some sort of dominance thing? ?

It's sporadic not as constant as a roo sounds like Gaaaaggghhh!
She's not in the nesting area or coming from laying an egg when she does it

 

[chfite]

At times, my hens become rather vocal with the egg song. Perhaps this is a variant of that.

Chris

 

[Den in Penn]

It does sound as if that she has become or trying to become the dominate one. Some hens that become the dominate do try to crow. They might continue for a while and then stop or keep going till they lose the top spot. A hen's crow rarely is as good as a roosters.