What kind and what sex is this?

[Coop Deville]

Very nice hen. Where is she in the pecking order, out of curiosity?

 

[kcaywood]

Thank you for posting! I never would have guessed she was a she!

 

[KHoward]

Hi Coop,

Of the eight, she seems to be #3 in the pecking order. I thought for certain that due to her size she would end up being the alpha, but the 1.5 year-old Black Star is #1, and a Leghorn hatch-mate of Gigi is #2. It's funny seeing the leghorn who is half the size, be bossy to Gigi.

~Kristen

 

[Coop Deville]

Hi Coop,

Of the eight, she seems to be #3 in the pecking order. I thought for certain that due to her size she would end up being the alpha, but the 1.5 year-old Black Star is #1, and a Leghorn hatch-mate of Gigi is #2. It's funny seeing the leghorn who is half the size, be bossy to Gigi.

~Kristen

I was just curious because I once had a very stately Welsummer hen, like your hen there, and I thought surely she'd be the alpha. She actually was third behind two barred rocks. It was odd seeing such a grand hen being bullied by smaller birds!