BLACK HEN who now CROWS!
I have eight chickens and one rooster these days…….we havenot had baby chicks for a few years now as we take the eggs away.But what do my ears hear but a black chicken who has been with us for at least 5 years maybe longer is starting to crow!Can you chicken lovers believe that?I could not believe my ears…so I crept down to spy on her /him???Sure enough there she was trying her best to make a sound to wake the others up to get the day started.The rooster was still in the bedroom and was not even moving!Has anyone heard of such a phenomenon?
fifi says
COULD YOUR HEN BE GAY????
XOXOXO FIFI
La Contessa says
I had that thought myself FiFi!!!Of course, it could……….I love the sounds when they are just learning to crow!I remember way back when it was all new to me I thought the small little sounds were my youngest son coughing!!!He suffered from allergies and I thought, “Oh poor little guy this is awful!”
sarah says
I’m not sure of the life expectancy of a hen but perhaps this one is having a mid-life identity crisis?
Sarah xx
La Contessa says
Good point!Or because Mister Grey is slowing down in his old age she thought she would take over to help??
Penelope Bianchi says
YOU ARE THE FUNNIEST!
ROOSTERS AND HENS ARE ALL CHICKENS!
The differentiation……is “rooster” and “hen” The rooster is the boy….the “hen is the girl”:!!
(this sounds like sex-ed in 6th grade at Poly!!!)
Have you actually watched this chicken crow? (this needs to be an eye-witness report!!)
I would take my time getting rid of him! I adore……..(ADORE) roosters…….!!
They save the hens and their chicks…….constantly……..it has taught me so many really great things about MEN!
I need a video! I have had my pet chickens for over 24 years! thanks for asking!!
You are the BEST!
Penelope
La Contessa says
Yes, Penelope………this was an EYE- WITNESS REPORT!I will NEVER get rid of him/her.NEVER!No worries there!Thanks for all YOUR BEAUTIFUL COMMENTS!!!!!!!
Penelope Bianchi says
OH! I spoke too soon! That black chicken is a HEN!! They make very unusual sounds……..but they do not “crow”! “Cockadoodledoo” is the thing the boys do!
I have hens who make some very loud and unusual sounds………that is a hen!
Please compliment her for her sound! She wants a rooster!!
Who wouldn’t??
Penelope
Penelope Bianchi says
I think she wants a rooster!
(I don’t blame her!!) Can you find her one?? We just hatched 14; and another hen is sitting on 4 eggs…..)
Can you hear it?
“I thought we agreed that we wouldn’t have anymore hens hatch any more eggs!!)
Oh, well.
There is one hen sitting on 4 eggs…..and she gets to stay! (who said we agreed????)
She is committed!
XXOO
P
Penelope Bianchi says
Just so you know! A rooster has a much bigger (comb); at the top of his head!
Mainly…….he has much larger and longer red things under his beak!
Hens make very funny noises…..some of them very loud….this is definitely a hen!
Poor dear. She wants a rooster……..so she is impersonating one!!
Can you sneak one past the Italian Husband???
I adore the roosters!
La Contessa says
I HAVE A ROOSTER ALREADY!A MISTER GREY……….who actually is this “CHICKS” brother!
Linda T says
That hen has been in the bay area too long. It is having a gender identity crisis.
La Contessa says
YES!That could be the case!
Jody Brettkelly says
Craziness at the end of your summer there! The world is upside down – maybe she is part parrot and can imitate. Mind you I can identify with her. I am 52 – probably 10 in chicken years and sometimes I feel like opposite day tooo!
contessa says
You ROCK MADAME JODY!Four kids and all that you do!No wonder you feel like crowing from time to time!
Jeanne Henriques says
Hysterical! I love it…chicken’s, rooster’s, hens…it is all a mystery to me but that does not stop me from wanting a few some day. Yours sounds extraordinary! 🙂
contessa says
Thanks Jeanne!You will have to have chickens at THE FARM one day!You have the perfect spot!