Do hens do aggression dances and flog?

[Lady Lionheart]

My Blue Andalusian pullets puff up and chase birds away and the older pullets. Also jump at them with their legs... Not sure of the technical term for that behavior.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

It is SO a Cockerel!!!

 

[keesmom]

I posted pics before with completely mixed answers. I had never heard of a hen doing this so I was hoping this would be a definite. I guess we'll still have to just wait and see. Thanks everyone!

Is this the barred EE you posted pics of in another post?

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Is this the barred EE you posted pics of in another post?

if not I have nothing to go off of

 

[paxfarms]

 

[MillersFarm]

Im thinking cockerel as well..

 

[paxfarms]

It's now 7 weeks old. The barring leaves me believing it's a pullet. But the behavior today on top of the size, redness, and the three rows of bumps on the comb make me think cockerel.

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

It's now 7 weeks old. The barring leaves me believing it's a pullet. But the behavior today on top of the size, redness, and the three rows of bumps on the comb make me think cockerel.

are you sure it's only 7 weeks? I had chicks with much less feathering at that age... Anyway.. it's a Cockerel.

 

[paxfarms]

are you sure it's only 7 weeks? I had chicks with much less feathering at that age... Anyway.. it's a Cockerel.

Yep. 7 weeks 3 days. I hatched him on Christmas Eve.

 

[sourland]

Yes, hens/pullets will flog and wing dance, but that is a cockerel.