Do hens get spurs?

[Nicola]

i have 3 sexed pullets and all 3 of then have itty bitty little nubs like the size of a needle on the back of their legs is that normal? they area about 5-6 weeks old and are RIR cross leghorn

 

[Sunny Side Up]

Many baby chicks of both sexes get those lil' nubs. They do it to confuse you.

And yes, some adult hens grow spurs.

 

[Nicola]

so it is ok

 

[Mahlzeit]

Yeah they all have those little nubs. I actually have some hens with full spurs. I had 2 welsummer hens both with full spurs. Most of the time it just stays as the a little nub though.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Yes they can, but the hens usually don't get them until they are older and mature. By then they have been laying for a while..

 

[Nicola]

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the nubs or spurs?
and one of them has a redder comb than the others but they are all girls ill try and take some photos of them and i cant exactly remember how old they are

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Quote:
the nubs or spurs?
and one of them has a redder comb than the others but they are all girls ill try and take some photos of them and i cant exactly remember how old they are

The nubs grow into the spurs. They just don't grow as fast as a rooster's. At chick age however, they are all uniformly the same size which is why looking for spurs is not a good way to sex chicks.

 

[Nicola]

im not sexing them by that they were already sexed when i bought them i think they were sexed by steggles or something?