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Raising BackYard Chickens
Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
The crowing FEMALE sebright
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<blockquote data-quote="Battlepants" data-source="post: 25943599" data-attributes="member: 632077"><p>A video may be helpful on this. Hens can be generally very vocal during certain events of the day. I'm curious if this is some variant of the egg song, some distress call or just general hen chatter. My girls get loud for any number of reasons - heard a noise, saw a shadow, or even someone else is in my nestbox!</p><p></p><p>There is a possibility that you do have a crowing hen. Sometimes roosterless flocks will see a hen rise to the ranks of "rooster" and lead the flock. This usually results in making sure the other ladies make it home at night, but might end up also crowing or even attempting mating. I hear this can also be associated with a damaged reproductive system where your false-rooster may reduce laying (or even stop) and may even take on a visual look of a rooster (growing hackles and saddles). Unfortunately, being a genetic female, this comes with none of the perks of being able to create fertile eggs.</p><p></p><p>Another curiosity on this one - is this one laying eggs? Or are you able to distinguish between these eggs and the rest of your flock?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Battlepants, post: 25943599, member: 632077"] A video may be helpful on this. Hens can be generally very vocal during certain events of the day. I'm curious if this is some variant of the egg song, some distress call or just general hen chatter. My girls get loud for any number of reasons - heard a noise, saw a shadow, or even someone else is in my nestbox! There is a possibility that you do have a crowing hen. Sometimes roosterless flocks will see a hen rise to the ranks of "rooster" and lead the flock. This usually results in making sure the other ladies make it home at night, but might end up also crowing or even attempting mating. I hear this can also be associated with a damaged reproductive system where your false-rooster may reduce laying (or even stop) and may even take on a visual look of a rooster (growing hackles and saddles). Unfortunately, being a genetic female, this comes with none of the perks of being able to create fertile eggs. Another curiosity on this one - is this one laying eggs? Or are you able to distinguish between these eggs and the rest of your flock? [/QUOTE]
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