4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[esta]

Hey, everyone. Seems ages since I have been on but I have recently invested in some chickens...well actually alot! But in the few months that I started getting more of them there was 10 chickens that were offered to us. We couldn't refuse and we have a massive pen so it was fine and there was lots of space in the coop. After that we collected 9 battery hens and they soon settled in. We got them a new coop and everything.

 

However, a few months after everyone had met and made friends the white chicken( now named keith) jumped on a battery hen and well you know ! So I am convinced its a cockeral, it doesn't crow but it is between 5-8 months old, it has long pale legs but no horns yet, makes a honking noise and long thin feathers covering its back.

 

So is it a boystrous hen and a cockeral

 

Please could you give me your views or anything that you know about young cockerals eg when they crow etc

 

thankyoou

 

Esta x

 

Ps please could you filll in my poll

[Egluntyne]

Horns?

 

Can you post a picture of Keith?

 

They generally start to crow at about 5 months-ish.

Edited January 11, 2009 by Guest

[esta]

haha sorry my bad are they called spurs ?

[chelsea]

Horns?

 

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lol that really made me laugh...thanks!

 

(post a pic Esta )

[esta]

i would but I'm not sure how to

[tom123]

We need a picture really but I have a few hens that will jump on other hens backs as a sign of dominance and I'm sure Egluntine will back me up on this!

 

Tom

[tom123]

Here is a post about the thing about jumping on each others backs

 

http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=37335

 

Hope it helps

Tom

[craftyhunnypie]

I'd say it's a cockerel. Is there another cockerel in the vacinity? Only it's happened twice with us, where the least dominant one doesn't crow

 

Emma.x