WHY IS MY HEN CROWING!!!?!!?

[Donnigan]

I caught my six year old female Sebright bantam CROWING!!!!! She crowed 4 times that i saw. Why is she doing this?

 

[BoomChickaPop]

Is she a proven hen?
Has she layed eggs?
Could you post a picture?

BCP

 

[Donnigan]

She lays a egg every day i see her on the nest all the time
I do not know if she is proven someone gave her to me

 

[pattyhen]

I had two sebright hens that started crowing. Yes they were both hens and both laid eggs and when they got to be around 4 years old they crowed. I think it's a harmone thing.

 

[ChickenLover200]

Older hens (mostly if there's no rooster with the flock), will become dominant and act like a rooster...

 

[Donnigan]

That's what I thought at first but their are 3 roosters in the flock

 

[ChickenLover200]

She lays a egg every day i see her on the nest all the time
I do not know if she is proven someone gave her to me

That is a pullet.

 

[Beer can]

Lol, I've never heard of a hen crowing.

 

[ChickenLover200]

Lol, I've never heard of a hen crowing.

It happens... It's actually quite common...

 

[Donnigan]

You can imagine how shocked i was when i walked into the hen house and she pulled back her head and crowed! The rooster was more shocked than i was!!!!!!