Unbelieveable!

[Raunak Dahal]

After keeping one chick for three months, we mistook it for a hen. It had a hen's (a female chicken's) exact appearance.And it crowed yesterday.We had to butcher it since crowing hens are seen as a terrible omen in Nepal. When we were cleaning it, we discovered that it had two testicles.Our relatives were in complete shock at what they saw.Have you had this experience before?

 

[NatJ]

After keeping one chick for three months, we mistook it for a hen. It had a hen's (a female chicken's) exact appearance.And it crowed yesterday.We had to butcher it since crowing hens are seen as a terrible omen in Nepal. When we were cleaning it, we discovered that it had two testicles.Our relatives were in complete shock at what they saw.Have you had this experience before?

Crowing and testicles mean it really was a male. It was probably just maturing at a different rate than you expected, so the crowing started before it showed any male traits that you would see.

There is one gene that can cause a rooster to grow hen-type feathers all its life (feather shape and feather color.) That gene is called "hen feathering" for obvious reasons. Sebrights are one breed that has the hen feathering gene (you can search for images if you want to see what they look like), but they are definitely not the only chickens to have it.

 

[Raunak Dahal]

Crowing and testicles mean it really was a male. It was probably just maturing at a different rate than you expected, so the crowing started before it showed any male traits that you would see.

There is one gene that can cause a rooster to grow hen-type feathers all its life (feather shape and feather color.) That gene is called "hen feathering" for obvious reasons. Sebrights are one breed that has the hen feathering gene (you can search for images if you want to see what they look like), but they are definitely not the only chickens to have it.

Thankyou for your response !!