Back the truck up! Do females have waddles???

[newchickiefarmer]

Okay, I'm new to chickening...I guess I just figured that only roos have waddles....now I'm reading through a thread and the girls askin what her chicken is...it has waddles...and everyone says its a hen? Help!!!

 

[Katy]

They have them....just not as large as the roos.

 

[gritsar]

Yes, hens have wattles too. They just don't get as long or as large as the rooster's.

 

[LilPeeps]

Yep, they do

Here's one of my NN hens.

 

[Lanissa86]

I LOVE that NN Hen! Wow!

 

[spook]

LilPeeps, see you can tell its a girl, notice how smooth and nice the hair style is..................ha ha ha I crack myself up....hah ha haha!
Really, chickens have wattles, combs and can crow -not as good as the pretty boys can, but they crow. Or perhaps not crow, but sound of with a strangled ahaaahhhhhrrroooooahhh.
Its natures way of allowing the roos to blend in a bit longer so we don't chop their heads off!
Heeheee he.

 

[Dodgegal79]

Yeah my leghorn hen kind of crows, it sounds like a strangled rooster.

 

[FisherMOM]

Quote:
that chicken looks like Christopher Walken LOL!

 

[newchickiefarmer]

well gosh darn it then! I was keeping an eye out because one of my chicks is getting a wattle, and the other two really arent..so i figured the wattly one was a roo! back to the drawing board

 

[Lanissa86]

How old are they? Girls usually don't get wattles until they get a little closer to laying age I believe. If your chick is only a few weeks old, you may have a boy on your hands.