My hermaphrodite chicken - Page 2

Sorry your girl seems to now be a guy. That's not good at all. And another Good Grief! for you. I'd be a little weirded out myself.

Before and after pictures would of been neat to see.

I agree.

You could email them to me and I would be more than happy to post them for you.

OR, you could upload your photos to a photo-hosting site such as:

http://photobucket.com (it's free to use)

OR, you can upload them directly to this site.  I have never done it this way.

Yep, this cans it. I have heard it all now.

Hi all,
hermaphrodite chicken:  we purchased two blue andalusians about 1 1/2 years ago.  One of the chickens looked more like a rooster and at first we thought she was one.  No, we did not have them sexed.   When we began having 2 white eggs on a pretty regular basis we decided that she was a she.   She had small knobs where the spurs are.   Welllllll   now she has one leg with a spur about 1-2" long, and nothing on the other leg.   She has also begun to "jump" on the other chickens.  not sure what the technical word is there.  hmmmm   I guess we will go back to checking how many white eggs we get.  more later.

Hens can grow spurs.  In some breeds, female's with spurs is a pretty regular thing.  Dominant hens will also jump on other hens to put them in their place.  When you can, post some pictures of your birds.  I would like to see them.

You just can't make this stuff up, I always find nature really interesting!

Here is a link to a paper with more information:
http://www.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/Factsheets/Sex_reversal_in_chickens.pdf

And here is another one with references. I have not taken the time to research the references, but it does note that in at least one instance the chicken with the ovatestis was able to sire offspring:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1680194/pdf/canvetj00590-0030.pdf

ETA: wow, I just realized how old this thread is :lau:lau