She’s a miniature poodle 
I’ve only had big dogs before her, so it’s a brand new experience! She’s a lot of fun. The only thing I will have to watch with her is the barking. She’s only barked for “legitimate” reasons so far (Delivery guy and such) but I really, really don’t want her to turn into one of those insufferable yappers!
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Hang in there!!!
I somehow missed you were getting a puppy – omg, is she cute.
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She is so adorable.
Knock on wood, Rainbow has been a very quiet dog and I’m trying to keep it that way!
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Knowing very little about chicken specifics (all I know about chicken minutiae is from reading chicken threads on COTH) it never occurred to me that roosters had to work on their “cock-a-doodle-do” call.
So, if I am understanding correctly, the crowing comes to them naturally and the roosters work out how to sing the song of their forefathers, even when they are the lone rooster and there is no example for them to emulate?
Do they ever get it wrong and have an odd crow that they don’t grow out of?
I ask, because for quite awhile there was a local bird that had it very wrong, and I think it must have been a rooster. It wasn’t a peacock, a guinea fowl, a dove, a goose, or a duck.
I searched for the sound of the call (it was obviously some sort of bird, it just sounded like a NQR chicken) on the internet and found nothing like the call I was hearing.
I was hesitant to ask neighbors about it, (those closer to the sound who I don’t know at all) because the bird’s effort was clearly vulgar and I didn’t want to offend anyone by repeating what I had heard from the bird. I have every confidence that most people here wouldn’t be offended but still…
I’d appreciate a PM from a chicken-wise person, so I can tell you what the call sounded like (without being censured by the Moderator) and see if you’ve heard anything like it before. 
Thanks in advance.
I’m not your chicken-wise person, but it seems plausible it could have been a rooster with an odd call. Or something else entirely. 
I’m gonna PM you with my guess 
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You’ve got me wondering WTFruitbat you’re hearing.
Can you PM me the NSFW details?
I’ve had chickens for 10+yrs, but only a handful of roosters.
1 was a day-old chick when I got him & his crow sounded very traditional when he grew into it.
3 others came in a group of 6wk old Barred Rock chicks. They were crowing normally when they reached adolescence & started sparring.
2 went to a local auction, the 3rd is still with me.
I have had hens who made crowlike sounds.
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Cockerels do typically go through a very croaky puberty phase where they’re learning to crow and it sounds hilarious. Some go through quickly, some take forever.
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My favorite part of boy birds! So funny when they’re learning
@skydy you may have heard a rooster trying to crow with a collar on. They often sound garbled and kind of like they’re choking. (Collars are supposed to make them crow less/more quietly. They uh sometimes work that way!)
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This one was quite loud, and clear. 
Sent you PM.
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The limited consensus (2 replies) from the people who know chickens is that it was not a rooster, but perhaps a mocking bird or other avian mimic.
I wonder what it was.
