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She might be a dominant hen in the making too. Hens will act very roosterish sometimes, but hens only crow when they are too old to lay eggs~ it's a sign of chicken menopause basically and it's where the old saying comes from
Never trust a crowing hen
Edited to add:
Hens do talk and make sounds mostly after they begin laying eggs~ very similair to the sounds your little rooster is making now~ but he is trying to do the whole sticking his neck up, give it his all vocalization AND he has the appearance of a rooster. The larger comb at a younger age, they way that tail sticks up, just the way he carries himself. The others in there still look like hens to me, but they may just not be developed enough yet. Some roosters won't crow until they are pretty old, but the pointy neck and saddle feathers give them away. When you butcher those roosters they almost always have tiny little testicles too, where the early bloomers like your little rooster have great big ones the size of my thumb!
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