4.5 month old RIR...girl or boy??

[chickenlover89]

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

 

[aoxa]

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).

 

[chickenlover89]

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.

 

[aoxa]

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.

 

[Chris09]

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.

Chris

 

[Chris09]

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

 

[Chris09]

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

 

[Chris09]

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

 

[emach0301]

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!!

 

[aoxa]

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.