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post #31 of 44
8/8/12 at 6:45am

but i agree she is a hen! tell us when she lays!

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post #32 of 44
8/8/12 at 6:57am
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Originally Posted by chickenlover89 View Post

check her feet, if there is a long nail (a spur) that looks like an extra toe, she is a rooster, if it's just a little thing sticking out, then she's a hen
Roosters get spurs when mature (normally over a year old) all chickens have spur bumps, even chicks (both sexes).

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Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

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post #33 of 44
8/8/12 at 7:20am
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Originally Posted by aoxa View Post

Roosters get spurs when mature (normally over a year old) all chickens have spur bumps, even chicks (both sexes).

 

 

sorry i thought that the roosters got their spurs earlier. in my town, the local farm's rooster is about 4 months old and has a spur.

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post #34 of 44
8/8/12 at 7:24am
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Originally Posted by chickenlover89 View Post

It's not usually what happens. It can. I have a 5 month old Houdan that has spurs starting, but you would know gender before the spurs started for sure.

LES Farms

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Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

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Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

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post #35 of 44
8/8/12 at 8:43am
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Originally Posted by aoxa View Post

have you ever witnessed it in production reds or even RIR birds? I have never seen it in any bird that wasn't 'supposed' to have hen feathers (ie: Campine & Sebright).

Now keep in mind that Production Red are just cross breeds and can be of a number of crosses but to answer your question yes I have seen a Production Red that carries the Henny Gene. 

 

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post #36 of 44
8/8/12 at 8:45am
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Originally Posted by chickenlover89 View Post

check her feet, if there is a long nail (a spur) that looks like an extra toe, she is a rooster, if it's just a little thing sticking out, then she's a hen

Hen can get spurs also.

 

Chris

 

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post #37 of 44
8/8/12 at 8:48am
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Originally Posted by WalkingOnSunshine View Post


I really don't think that a bird that looks to be a standard production red hen is going to turn out to be a hen-feathered Sebright. If the OP's bird is hen-feathered, I'd better go play the lottery.

I never said that the OP's Bird was Hen Feathered. I think about 90% of the people here missed my point.

 

Chris


Edited by Chris09 - 8/8/12 at 8:54am

 

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post #38 of 44
8/8/12 at 8:53am

I think that a few of you need to reread what I said.

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Originally Posted by WalkingOnSunshine View Post

OP's bird is a pullet, ready to lay her first egg any day now. No matter what kind of "red" she is, she doesn't have the hackle feathers or saddle feathers or tail feathers to be a rooster. Here's my production red boy. Notice the huge wattles, hackle feathers and saddle feathers. Your bird has none of these. Also, if the bird was a cockerel, it would probably be crowing by 13 weeks.

And this is what I said,

 

 

 

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Wile I agree the OP's bird is a hen I will say that not all Rooster have Male Hackles, Saddle Feathers or a Male type Tail.

You may want to look up the Henny Feathering Gene (Hf).

 

 

Chris

 

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post #39 of 44
8/8/12 at 9:10am

Need some help BYC friends!! I bought this chick from a lady that told me it was a pullet, and it was an easter egger. It is also blind in one eye... what do you guys think gender and breed wise?! Thank you all!!

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post #40 of 44
8/8/12 at 9:30am
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Originally Posted by emach0301 View Post

Need some help BYC friends!! I bought this chick from a lady that told me it was a pullet, and it was an easter egger. It is also blind in one eye... what do you guys think gender and breed wise?! Thank you all!!








I would guess mutt - could have been mothered by an EE hen, but since it doesn't have a pea comb, doesn't have the well known green legs, or the beard we all are used to seeing in typical EEs, I would say that it doesn't carry any coloured egg genetics.

I've read many times over that the majority of EE's who have single combs lay brown or pink eggs. Apparently there is something linking the coloured eggs with the pea comb in EEs.

LES Farms

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Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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LES Farms

Breeder of nothing right now.Read our RE-Build of LES Farms Thread.

 

Lost everything in a barn fire 2/11/13. Can't even pull it together.

Thank you for all the condolences and all the support and donations given to help us rebuild. You are all so special to us.

 

Please READ my thread about FIRE SAFETY. Trying to save as many others from the little mistakes that cost me everything.

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