Do pullets get spur "bumps?"

[lisahaschickens]

I am raising my first batch of chicks and they are just over 6 weeks old now. My favorite EE girl (the only one that really likes to be held and petted) was on my lap today and I noticed that she has a tiny bump on each leg where I think spurs would grow. Do females get these too? They are so tiny that I would have to hold the others to look and that's not happening.

I am just hoping that she's really a girl is all. I already believe I have more roos than I'll be able to keep in my batch of straight-run Marans. My EEs and Buff Orps are supposed to be all pullets, but I know the hatcheries can make mistakes. She really does seem feminine.

 

[lurky]

I have 2 ee bantam hens and they both got them too

 

[lisahaschickens]

oh yay! Thanks, that makes me feel better. I really don't think she's a boy, but that kinda worried me.

 

[MoodyChicken]

Yup! All hens have spurs, but they're not as pronounced as a male's spurs. There's a round scales that bubbles slightly above the heel, that's the hen spur. There's a recessive trait that causes hens to grow spurs like a male's, it's common in EEs.

 

[EweSheep]

My SSHB girls do have them too! Nothing to worry about.

 

[lisahaschickens]

Yay! Thanks everyone!