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Rural/Farm Life

dixiegrrrrl

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1. We had one of those...

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Wed Feb 19, 2014, 12:30 PM

Feb 2014

It looked like, and acted like, a half grown hen, for months.
Much much longer than normal.....was much smaller than the rest of the flock.
Then one day, rooster characteristics showed up. But it was still only 2/3 size of its clutch mates...
We gave it away to someone who liked it.

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One of my hens now looks like a rooster - [View all] hedgehog Feb 2014 OP

We had one of those... dixiegrrrrl Feb 2014 #1

Oh Noes! A gay chicken? pscot Feb 2014 #2

I wonder if that is what happened to a Rhode Island Red I had. fasttense Feb 2014 #3

I've seen some of my hens do that - I think it's part of the pecking order. hedgehog Feb 2014 #4