Do Hens have spurs?

A few of my ex-battery hens had spurs, some on both legs and some just on one. I've not noticed any on my other hens but I might have to go and inspect now haha!!
 
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My little chick too. She is growing spurs
 
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My little chick too. She is growing spurs


That's a bud. They all get those. Think of it as a nipple; it doesn't mean breasts will develop. ;)

My Welsummer hens have spurs that started to grow around six months. None of the other females have them but I know it's common in some breeds.
 
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I bought 10 chickens 20 wks ago from a chappie who said they were hens. 9 out of 10 of them have spurs and 3 wks ago they all started crowing. A sad day when I had to get rid of 2 beautiful silver spangled hamburgs, 1 gorgeous Rhode Island Reds, 2 magnificent Light Sussex, 3 dashing Australorps, I sold these at a poultry show and replaced them with 6 hens where the breeder assured me they also were hens. Today I am taking 5 more young cockerels to a friends place to dispose of. They have spurs and have also begun to crow. Distressed!!!!!!!
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[/COLOR] [/COLOR] I bought 10 chickens 20 wks ago from a chappie who said they were hens. 9 out of 10 of them have spurs and 3 wks ago they all started crowing. A sad day when I had to get rid of 2 beautiful silver spangled hamburgs, 1 gorgeous Rhode Island Reds, 2 magnificent Light Sussex, 3 dashing Australorps, I sold these at a poultry show and replaced them with 6 hens where the breeder assured me they also were hens. Today I am taking 5 more young cockerels to a friends place to dispose of. They have spurs and have also begun to crow. Distressed!!!!!!!:barnie
I hate to say it but this is all too common. Dishonest folks sell their excess cockerels to unsuspecting newbies. You either need to find a reputable breeder who will sell you pullets older than three months or who is making sexlinked crosses, buy professionally sexed chicks from a hatchery, or get straight run chicks and know that you'll need to deal with half of them being males. But I'd stay away from poultry swaps -- at least until you can pick out a juvenile male easily.
 
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That's a bud. They all get those. Think of it as a nipple; it doesn't mean breasts will develop. ;)

My Welsummer hens have spurs that started to grow around six months. None of the other females have them but I know it's common in some breeds.



But she is the only one female chick with those things,her breed is half jungle fowl and half Philippine native chicken
 
I have a barred rock that has waddles and cone that looks like a rooster. There are no spurs on her. Do the rooster barred rock get spurs?
 

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