My 'hen' just started crowing...

[Tokyoite]

My 20 week old Hy Line brown just started crowing in the morning. Which is a problem as I live in an apartment in downtown Tokyo(with a small yard). I've read of gender confused hens, but then again it might just be a cockrel.

Zer has been always a tad masculine (would fight crows and keep the dog in-line). Any thoughts?

 

[Tacswa3]

That is a Hen. I had a black Australorp Hen that would crow sometimes.

 

[Brahmachicken240]

That’s a cockerel, he has visable saddle and hackle feathers coming in.
Heres some photos of my own hens showing the saddle feather differences between pullet and cockerel

 

[Nats Chickens]

My 20 week old Hy Line brown just started crowing in the morning. Which is a problem as I live in an apartment in downtown Tokyo(with a small yard). I've read of gender confused hens, but then again it might just be a cockrel.

Zer has been always a tad masculine (would fight crows and keep the dog in-line). Any thoughts?

Hen, I have a LeghornxRIW hen that crows.

 

[Nats Chickens]

My 20 week old Hy Line brown just started crowing in the morning. Which is a problem as I live in an apartment in downtown Tokyo(with a small yard). I've read of gender confused hens, but then again it might just be a cockrel.

Zer has been always a tad masculine (would fight crows and keep the dog in-line). Any thoughts?

That’s a cockerel, he has visable saddle and hackle feathers coming in.
Heres some photos of my own hens showing the saddle feather differences between pullet and cockerel
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All my Bond Brown hens (same thing) look like that.

 

[Tokyoite]

That is a Hen. I had a black Australorp Hen that would crow sometimes.

The wife told me it crowed loudly this morning again after I left for work(0830). I'm willing to put up with an adolescent phase of crowing, as long as it tapers off. What was your experience?

 

[Brahmachicken240]

All my Bond Brown hens (same thing) look like that.

Look like what ?
The hen or the rooster ?
Mine are blue buff columbian brahmas, not “bond browns”

 

[Tokyoite]

That’s a cockerel, he has visable saddle and hackle feathers coming in.
Heres some photos of my own hens showing the saddle feather differences between pullet and cockerel
View attachment 1659634 View attachment 1659635

Thanks for the pix. I was looking at the 'saddle feathers' aspect too. Maybe I'll get better pics. I appreciate the input.

 

[Tokyoite]

Ok. Pic from the back. Are them saddle feathers?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

That’s a cockerel, he has visable saddle and hackle feathers coming in.
Heres some photos of my own hens showing the saddle feather differences between pullet and cockerel
View attachment 1659634 View attachment 1659635

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