6 month old leghorn pullet violently attacking me worse than rooster

[Purelychicks]

Is the chicken with the gold feathering the one that is in question?

The one standing up in second pic that lays eggs, makes weird noises, and is growing rooster spurs. Also is basically bi-polar.

 

[Hucklekree]

If that is the chicken in question, it is showing physical roo characteristics. Saddle feathers, as someone else pointed out, in particular catch my eye.

 

[Isadora]

The one standing up in second pic that lays eggs, makes weird noises, and is growing rooster spurs. Also is basically bi-polar.

You've actually seen this bird lay an egg? Seen the egg come out with your own eyes? Definitely male feathering going on there.

 

[Purelychicks]

If that is the chicken in question, it is showing physical roo characteristics

It’s 6 months old and has a small comb and NO sickle feathers. Definitely not a rooster body. Just shows rooster behavior.

 

[Purelychicks]

Yes, I’ve watched her lay a very light brown egg. Is she a hermaphrodite?

You've actually seen this bird lay an egg? Seen the egg come out with your own eyes? Definitely male feathering going on there.

 

[NatJ]

Things are so weird lately, why not chickens also, next we’ll be hearing they are trans gender

Chickens HAVE been found that have some traits of each gender.

There was a thread on here a while ago about a puzzling one, and the last update was that the bird had died, been necropsied, and had two kinds of reproductive organs. (I don't think either set was fully functional, but both were present.)

In OP's case, the chicken has a female-specific color pattern, which can exist only on hens and on hen-feathered roosters.

And OP says it lays eggs, which would definitely mean it is female.

My best guess is that the chicken in question is just a weird hen pullet, or possibly a hen pullet with a hormone issue (causing some male behaviors.)

[Edited to change "hen" to "pullet," because I was careless and used the wrong word.]

 

[fluffycrow]

Chickens HAVE been found that have some traits of each gender.

There was a thread on here a while ago about a puzzling one, and the last update was that the bird had died, been necropsied, and had two kinds of reproductive organs. (I don't think either set was fully functional, but both were present.)

In OP's case, the chicken has a female-specific color pattern, which can exist only on hens and on hen-feathered roosters.

And OP says it lays eggs, which would definitely mean it is female.

My best guess is that the chicken in question is just a weird hen, or possibly a hen with a hormone issue (causing some male behaviors.)

Couldn't have said it better

 

[JacinLarkwell]

This area looks sus, what do you all think?

Some birds can get pointed looking saddles, especially with certain colors that may make them look more pointed than they are in actuallity. One of my hens I mentioned earlier had sharp feathers. Still 100% only female

 

[Hucklekree]

Chickens HAVE been found that have some traits of each gender.

There was a thread on here a while ago about a puzzling one, and the last update was that the bird had died, been necropsied, and had two kinds of reproductive organs. (I don't think either set was fully functional, but both were present.)

In OP's case, the chicken has a female-specific color pattern, which can exist only on hens and on hen-feathered roosters.

And OP says it lays eggs, which would definitely mean it is female.

My best guess is that the chicken in question is just a weird hen, or possibly a hen with a hormone issue (causing some male behaviors.)

Agreed

 

[Snoopy11]

sometimes attacks the roo

hehehe... too bad you don't live in Indiana... my... roo would straighten her out...

Don