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Rural/Farm Life

fasttense

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3. I wonder if that is what happened to a Rhode Island Red I had.

Reply to hedgehog (Original post)

Fri Feb 21, 2014, 08:26 AM

Feb 2014

She was laying eggs and everything like a hen, but would mount the other hens several times a day as if she were a rooster. The real Rooster didn't seem to mind and he never mounted her.

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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