Remember Lucy?
Well, this sweet little bundle now looks like this:
And we’re not sure if she’s really a “she” or a “he”. In fact, we’ve been so confused this last month, that my husband has taken to calling it “Pat”.
Here are our reasons why we think she’s a hen:
- She was sold as a sexed pullet when we got her.
- She isn’t noticeably bigger than the other hens.
- She doesn’t crow.
- Her feathers aren’t the obvious dark green on the tail end and around her neck.
- She doesn’t stand as vertically as most roosters I’ve seen.
Here are our reasons why we think she might be a rooster:
- “He” hasn’t laid any eggs yet. And with such a developed comb and wattle, we thought “she’d” be the first.
- “He” is starting to aggressively grab Dottie by the neck – she usually gets away quickly so we’ve never seen a mount.
- Just look at the tail feathers that might be beginning to curve over.
- “He” has quite a pronounced comb and wattle.
- “He” isn’t as friendly as the other hens.
If you want to weigh in, check out these pictures I grabbed below and let me know what you think in the comments section!
I would say hen. Roosters at this age will be starting to grow little spurs in their legs… would be just small buds at this point.
I feel your pain! We bought 4 ‘hens’ not long ago with the guarantee “I’m 90% sure they’re hens”. They weren’t! Check the legs – ours started growing little spurs – that, and the aggression was the giveaway! =)
I have no idea, she looks like a hen to me. She could just end up being the matriarch of the group.
We did also recently see a bunch of red hens that had huge combs, they looked like cockerels but we’re laying like crazy. Chickens are neat!
I know nothing about chickens but I second the name Pat. The title alone with the main picture made me giggle.
How old is s/he? She looks like a “she”, we have two that just hit 6 months and one has just laid her first egg and the other has just started to crow. Maybe she’s just a late bloomer!
its a hen…a Rhode Island Red Roster is thinner in girth…better call her Henrietta..ha