Let’s see if this is a rooster or a hen

This is a hen. The rooster has a crest and a flowery tail!

"The Crow of the Hen"

In my hometown, there is a proverb that "when the hen crows, there will be misfortune in the family". Later, I discovered the secret of the hen's crow. To me, this proverb was a joke. Let me tell you the story of the hen crowing!

In 1981, I went to work at Dajinggang Electric Co., Ltd. in Anxiang County. I was mainly engaged in rice milling and processing. As a poultry lover, I hatched a brood of chicks from an old hen. When the chicks grow up, the roosters become a meal for the employees, leaving the hens to lay eggs to improve the employees' daily lives.

One morning a year later, I unexpectedly heard a very short "cluck" chicken call. I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. Then I saw the old hen raising her head during the day. From time to time it screams "cluck". This reminded me of that terrible proverb, and my colleagues also talked about it: some said they wanted to kill it and forget about eating it; some said they wanted to sell it or send it to an uninhabited place; …At that time, I thought: Did something bad really happen in the unit? Out of curiosity, I said, "Let's wait a few days before we talk." Insisted on keeping the old hen.

In the next few days, I carefully observed the old hen. In the first two days, its crows were short, and then the crows gradually lengthened and became more rounded; the combs were brighter than before, and the feathers were shinier than before. It takes other hens to forage, entertain and rest together every day, and its life is quite comfortable; interestingly, it also has sexual relations with other hens - "stomp on the male" (rooster and hen) When chickens have sex, the rooster steps on the hen's back). Then I observed for a few more days, and the results of the observations made me realize something... So, one night I went to the farmer's house with another hen to exchange for a rooster, and put it on the chicken In the cage, after I released the chickens the next day, something more interesting happened in front of me: the old hen was the first to rush out of the cage, ran to the field and crowed as usual; at this time, the rooster came out and saw Looking at the unfamiliar environment and the opposite sexes around them, "Guo", "Guo" and "Guo" greeted the opposite sexes while striding towards the old hen. The old hen unexpectedly saw a rooster coming, and she was very excited to communicate with the rooster in words... Then, the rooster flapped its powerful wings, stretched its neck, and raised its head to the sky. With the long cry of "Gee-ke-er", it starts a new life with its opposite sexes. From then on, I never saw the old hen crow again.