Most of my girls crow (I have five) when they are about to lay and then after they lay. If I go out and say "good job" they stop. Luckily, my neighbors don't mind. I live in a city neighborhood.
Renee in WA
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, "susan l" <thread55@...> wrote:
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> Good morning everyone. This morning around 6:30 I opened my back kitchen door to let in the cats and I heard crowing coming from the direction of the ladies's coop.
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> We have all old maid hens,no roosters. Most of our girls are over 4 years old with the exception of 3 that my niece gave us last year as 1 week old chicks.
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> From the 10 hens,8 are buff orpingtons, 2 are barr-rocks. We average 3-7 eggs a day,and I have never heard any of them crow. Cackle,braaawk, and other hen talk but no crows. At least not until this morning.
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> A nice deep crow sounded form the coop! I went out with their feed and opened their door, but there were nothing but the ladies cackling good morning at me as they raced outside to their breakfast.
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> So now we have a mystery. The nearest farm to us is about a mile away,and they do have roosters,but I don't think my girls invited any of them over for a hen party!
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