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That's very interesting the Suprelorin implant suppressed the crowing for several months. Though you eventually chose to rehome your crowing hen, the info is helpful to anyone who hopes to keep a crowing hen where no "roosters" are allowed. Thanks for posting!

Not at all; I think most would agree with you, and I can't say what I would do in the OP's situation, other than take my daughter's feelings into extreme consideration. If nothing else, the OP may be able to find the crowing hen a home that allows roosters, near enough for her daughter to...

While I agree with you that many times this is the practical solution, some people love their chickens as individuals and see them as pets, and so look for solutions to save them if they are ill, or try to solve a problem in order to keep the problematic bird. In this case, the OP has her...

That's nuts! Her crow would make many roosters envious. (Actually I find the loud deep baritone kinda creepy.😅 ) It's hard to tell for sure by looking at her in the video, but her right side at least appears to still be completely hen-feathered. Have you seen any changes at all in her...

I find it much easier to deal with a difficult bird after night falls, so if you need to handle her in any way, do so under the cover of darkness. Some people are adamant that a no-crow collar should never be used under any conditions, but if that is the only way to spare a life, then I'm all...

You're OK; I said what I did because I didn't know if you knew the tragic history of people (and the rooster) that were convicted of witchcraft and then burned alive.

It wasn't funny to all the people (mostly women) that were burned alive at the stake after being found guilty of witchcraft in the European middle ages, and it wasnt funny to those found guilty of being witches in the U.S. in colonial times. It also wasn't funny to those who did the condemning...

Can you post some pictures of her?

I didn't yet relocate the specific case study of a genetic hen phenotypically becoming a rooster and producing testosterone to father chicks, but here are a couple of good articles explaining the condition. (There are many more if anyone wants to dig deep.) The first article is by a noted...

That will be a complete judgement call on your part, depending on "her" future behaviors.

The answer is almost never, but I have run across a few cases where such a bird did start producing testosterone and fathered chicks. Let me see if I can locate where I read those case studies; I won't reply back unless I re-locate the documentation.🙂 The answer is also likely not, since a hen...

Actually that does happen, though it's rare. A hen only has one functional ovary (the left one.) If the left ovary becomes non-functional, the right ovary can start producing androgen, and the former hen will grow a large comb and wattles, develop male feathering, and can begin crowing...