Ancona hen with HUGE wattles and comb...

[KerriChick]

She is my only white egg layer, and has been laying last year and just started up again. I know Anconas are supposed to have big floppy combs but hers are gimongous with super big wattles(see photo) and she looks like a rooster! She has also started to boss the other chickens around more. She is still technically a pullet but a is year old in early April, started laying in September, took a break and started up again the last couple weeks. I have heard that in the absence of a rooster some hens might have some hormone changes...could anyone confirm or provide more info? No crowing or anything, just does her normal egg song when she lays.

 

[sourland]

No hormonal changes there. She's just a beautiful, normal Ancona hen.

 

[nuthatched]

Ancona and leghorn have massive combs and wattles regardless of gender.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Ancona chickens are known for the massive combs, even on female chickens, making them hard to tell if it is a male or a female.
That is indeed a female chicken because no saddle feathers. There's nothing wrong with her, she just has an impressive comb and wattle!