You might recall that I got a batch of new chicks in the beginning of August. Well, the girls are getting big.
They are very beautiful, and I’m quite happy with them.
It’s just that, well I never knew hens could crow.
Pretty amazing, huh?
This white chochin is one of the few of the chicks that I named. I named her Dora because she was quite an explorer.
Look at that comb and those wattles. I think Dora is going to be one of those crowing hens too.
Actually, I saw something today that makes me 100% certain Dora is going to start crowing, but this is a family blog, so I didn’t photograph it. Here is one of the non-crowing white cochins.
See. Here are my two beautiful crowing hens!
By the way, I do really know they are roosters. I’m just living in denial, and this brings me to the end of my tail.
Except for the Happy New Year’s wishes!
MJ
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Teresa
Dec 31, 2011 @ 18:27:46
oops!
Dec 31, 2011 @ 18:32:33
At least they are handsome and so far friendly.
Dec 31, 2011 @ 18:37:02
They are, indeed, handsome! MJ looks pretty dashing in that party hat!
Dec 31, 2011 @ 19:06:52
It’s not like I really wanted another rooster since Naughty Rooster Boy has just settled down. Hopefully they won’t start fighting.
Dec 31, 2011 @ 19:21:13
I do love that New Year’s wish at the end!
Happy New Year!
Dec 31, 2011 @ 19:28:01
Here’s hoping you get all the peanuts you want!
Dec 31, 2011 @ 19:32:49
They did grow up pretty, love the fancy legs on the white ones. Very cool looking birds. Oops, 2 crowing hens? Rats!
Dec 31, 2011 @ 19:33:23
So much for their 90% accuracy on sexing chicks. LOL
Dec 31, 2011 @ 22:31:50
Happy New Year to you Teresa! Cock-a-doodle-doo!
Jan 01, 2012 @ 00:42:05
Thank you! Hope you have a great 2012!
Jan 01, 2012 @ 01:59:53
Cute. Love the one of the chicken face
Jan 01, 2012 @ 08:23:50
Thanks. They are at least handsome roosters.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 03:47:48
A little silliness is SO good!
I read that some hens will crow and I live in fear that one of ours will take up this unpopular pastime. Our neighbour will surely go bonkers if that happens!
Jan 01, 2012 @ 08:24:28
I don’t really have to worry about the noise, but I hope they do not start fighting with each other or Naughty Rooster Boy.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 04:14:24
I keep thinking of a song, “my little rooster says cockadoodle do, dee doodle dee doodle dee doodle de do.”
Love the close up of the face.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 08:24:51
Thanks. I don’t think I’ve ever heard that song.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 05:30:56
What beautiful crowing hens! hee hee. I had a “guaranteed hen” turn into a roo. It’s not fun because by the time you know they are a roo you like them and I didn’t want to send him back to the chicken farm because they’d butcher him. I found a nice pet home for him. He was waaay to rough with the hens here so there wasn’t any way he was staying here.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 08:26:11
Of course the only one I’d named was Dora. I might have to find a different explorer like Henry or Magellan to call him.
They’ll get to stay here, I just hope they don’t get mean.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 06:30:57
Well…..it’s a new year……and who *doesn’t* love a chicken in feather chaps.
*snicker*
MJ breaks my heart…….in a good way!
I really am enjoying my (not so) wee Lizzie.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
xo
Jan 01, 2012 @ 08:27:04
Happy New Year to you as well. MJ is a very sweet guy, and I can’t believe how old he’s getting.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 06:39:56
It looks like you have a lot “crow” about! lol Fun pics! I’m hosting a new photo challenge called Simply Silver Sunday. Hope you will stop by and enter. Please visitSimply Silver
for details. Thanks! Happy New Year!
Jan 01, 2012 @ 08:27:40
Glad you stopped by. I’ll have to check out your challenge.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 07:22:01
I had one egg hatch out of three and we had the cutest chick in July, we call him the Little Peeper. Well he is all grown now much bigger then his Mom and he is a rooster and crows every morning with his Dad Big Rhode Island Red. He has become very aggressive but Big Red keeps him in line, have to call him Lakin now no more Little Peeper.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 08:29:03
I’m fine with the roosters as long as they don’t get nasty. If so, I’ll have to throw them out of the coop. Good thing you have has dad to keep yours in line.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 13:56:59
Luckily, I only ended up with one crowing hen out of 10 “guaranteed!” Love the picture of MJ, he’s such a party animal!
Jan 01, 2012 @ 14:10:41
I actually enjoy having a rooster around crowing and strutting, but I just hope with three of them they will get along.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 15:47:35
so wonderful!!
Happy New Yer!!
Jan 01, 2012 @ 16:43:00
Happy New Year to you as well!
Jan 01, 2012 @ 19:01:20
Love the close up! I need some chickens!
Jan 01, 2012 @ 19:17:58
The chickens are great. I can’t imagine ever going back to store bought eggs.
Jan 01, 2012 @ 21:36:23
Gosh, “Dora” is one handsome chicken! “Hens” do sometimes have this unconvient way of turning into roosters, I have found that from personal experience!
Jan 02, 2012 @ 08:01:13
Yes, they do seem to change. I guess I don’t care as long as they don’t start fighting.
Jan 02, 2012 @ 08:39:24
We actually did have a crowing hen one time. She was def a female because she laid eggs, but every morning she would do her best to crow like the roosters.
Jan 02, 2012 @ 09:12:25
That is amazing! I wish I could say that I thought these really were crowing hens.
Jan 02, 2012 @ 16:48:45
LOL, love the party cow! Adorable chickens and the macro is stunning! Awesome play by play on the crowing, I never knew hens crowed either…interesting
Jan 02, 2012 @ 18:20:22
I wasn’t too happy to discover my hens were not going to give me eggs, but as long as they don’t start fighting I can live with it. Glad you liked MJ~he’s too big and old to be much of a party ox anymore.
Jan 02, 2012 @ 17:13:13
Beautiful Crowing & Non Crowing chickens, lol. MJ is one Beautiful cow… I’ve had a thing for cows forever, I just think they are so pretty. When I got married in 1994 family members gave me kitchen cow stuff… I still have most of it
Jan 02, 2012 @ 18:21:31
The real thing is much better than decorations! MJ is getting old~he’ll be fifteen in March, but he’s still just a gentle giant.
Jan 06, 2012 @ 13:59:21
I was lucky to have had my hen 100% correctly sexed, all hens, pwef. Our neighbors live really close on one side so, I think we might have complaints over the early morning crowing! Our hens are rowdy enough as it is!
Jan 06, 2012 @ 16:49:34
I’m a horrible neighbor because I figure I live in the country. I have a farm. I have animals, and if you don’t like it, you shouldn’t live by a farm. So glad you were lucky. I did see the first signs of a rooster spat today.
Jan 06, 2012 @ 19:07:11
They are beautiful even if they do crow
Hope you had a lovely new year too!
Jan 06, 2012 @ 19:27:21
They are starting to really show their rooster ways. I’m afraid I’m going to have to kick someone out of the coop eventually.