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There's always one in the bunch.
You know, That Chicken.
The one who gives you the evil eye, who from the beginning chirps insistently at you as if to tell you that whatever you're doing is unacceptable, who stands out from the flock and sizes you up as at least an equal, if not an inferior being.
That Chicken has been all that and more, and up to this point, I had no real reason to believe she wasn't a she. All 3 of my BR's had reasonably correctly sized white headspots as chicks, and had the dark wash down the front of the legs.
However, yesterday I looked at That Chicken and suddenly noticed that she was a little lighter than the other two, has a comb and wattles that are noticeably bigger, her tail feathers might be starting to curl a hair, and she's recently started honking instead of peeping like the other two. She's a little smaller than the other two BR's, and has been that way for a while. She tends to be the lookout, and is often noodling around by herself rather than hanging out with the rest of the flock.
So is That Chicken's problem really that she's just a rooster instead? These pictures are at approximately 10-11 weeks of age.
That Chicken in foreground; inferior birds in background. Hard to tell in picture, but That Chicken is a shade or two lighter.
Comb and wattles better developed; That Chicken's comb was a little redder and larger than the others by about 6-8 weeks of age. But only a little.
That Chicken in foreground; less self-aware BR behind it. There is some good dark wash down the front of legs, but maybe it's more slate than black? Am I making stuff up?
You know, That Chicken.
The one who gives you the evil eye, who from the beginning chirps insistently at you as if to tell you that whatever you're doing is unacceptable, who stands out from the flock and sizes you up as at least an equal, if not an inferior being.
That Chicken has been all that and more, and up to this point, I had no real reason to believe she wasn't a she. All 3 of my BR's had reasonably correctly sized white headspots as chicks, and had the dark wash down the front of the legs.
However, yesterday I looked at That Chicken and suddenly noticed that she was a little lighter than the other two, has a comb and wattles that are noticeably bigger, her tail feathers might be starting to curl a hair, and she's recently started honking instead of peeping like the other two. She's a little smaller than the other two BR's, and has been that way for a while. She tends to be the lookout, and is often noodling around by herself rather than hanging out with the rest of the flock.
So is That Chicken's problem really that she's just a rooster instead? These pictures are at approximately 10-11 weeks of age.
That Chicken in foreground; inferior birds in background. Hard to tell in picture, but That Chicken is a shade or two lighter.
Comb and wattles better developed; That Chicken's comb was a little redder and larger than the others by about 6-8 weeks of age. But only a little.
That Chicken in foreground; less self-aware BR behind it. There is some good dark wash down the front of legs, but maybe it's more slate than black? Am I making stuff up?
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