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post #1 of 20
5/1/12 at 2:23am
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We got this hen as a freebie with an order of chicks and haven't been able to figure out what breed she is.

Sorry I didn't get any pictures of her as a chick, but she was a grey color like on her belly with some black dots mostly on her face and around her eyes.

I'd say the weirdest part about her is that she looks like a rooster, but she is a hen.

Edit: I think I should add that i say hen because that is what she is acting like.

She is full grown in these pictures (just about to start laying) and she weighs about 4 Ib.

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Edited by bestusnestus - 5/17/12 at 7:24am

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post #2 of 20
5/1/12 at 2:24am

no, thats a pretty splash sumatra rooster

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post #3 of 20
5/1/12 at 4:11am

 

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no, thats a pretty splash sumatra rooster

 

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post #4 of 20
5/1/12 at 4:36am

Sorry, that's definitely a rooster. 

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post #5 of 20
5/1/12 at 2:32pm

yea thats a rooster all the way no hen there splash in color as well breed i agree with everyone else a sumatra

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post #6 of 20
5/1/12 at 2:58pm

I don't know about breed, not familiar with sumatras, but that doesn't just look like a rooster, it is a rooster. Why do you say it's a hen?

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Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #7 of 20
5/17/12 at 3:29am
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Thank you for the breed ID. Rooster? It was supposed to be all hens and it sure acts like one.

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post #8 of 20
5/17/12 at 3:43am
Just curious, what shows you it's a rooster? I got my rhode island red cross with new hapmshire chicks when they were five days old , there were four chicks but they said one was a rooster cos it was yellow. Well I couldn't really see a difference they all looked yellow to me!
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post #9 of 20
5/17/12 at 4:42am

the pointed shiny feathers says rooster

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post #10 of 20
5/17/12 at 4:46am
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Just curious, what shows you it's a rooster? I got my rhode island red cross with new hapmshire chicks when they were five days old , there were four chicks but they said one was a rooster cos it was yellow. Well I couldn't really see a difference they all looked yellow to me!

do you mean sexlinks? When they hatch, roosters are yellow/white, and the hens are red.

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