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Rural/Farm Life

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hedgehog

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Wed Feb 19, 2014, 12:05 PM Feb 2014

One of my hens now looks like a rooster - [View all]

either that, or someone snuck in and gave me a New Hampshire Red rooster!

It turns out that if the hen's right ovary is damaged, the left ovary takes over, but it is more dedicated to pumping out testosterone than eggs. So my hen looks like a rooster, but she's still acts like a hen.

The bird is still a good looking bird!

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