Egg laying cockrel?!

[SilkySilkie]

I have two thoughts. 1 someone is putting a egg in his seep place, or 2 your rooster may have 2 different sets of genes, a male and female. very rare but does happen in other birds

nobody puts eggs there i collect them and take them inside i think the rooster might be trans

 

[Jory]

An intersex would show more female traits but act like a rooster. A chimera would have the traits of both. It wouldn't act completely like a rooster.
There was probably an abandoned egg left in the pen or he had a sneaky conjugal visit without your knowledge.

 

[nuthatched]

Are you sure there's no way a hen could have gotten in or the egg could be old? Did you open it? While it very slimmly possible it could be laying eggs, usually those birds don't look right.

 

[CalBickieMomma]

I have another theory … Are you the only one living at your residence? Could a family member or neighbor be pulling a prank on you (sneaking in with store bought eggs and leaving them as a joke)? Because this is the sort of thing I could picture someone doing to me either to drive me crazy or make me look like a raving lunatic as I run down the street proclaiming I have a rooster who lays eggs ….

 

[SilkySilkie]

so the thing is that theres no way for him to leave the coop and mix in with the girls or the girls to come into his coop/little run its kept locked and no way of escaping or entering and no the egg isnt old and i dont have a good enough relationship with any neighbor that they would do this and i didnt feel like eating it so i scrambled it and gave it to the flock

 

[aart]

Prank.

 

[PippinTheChicken]

this is very weird.
it's either:

1. A prank being pulled by friends\family, sneaking eggs in at night
2. a hen or wild bird has found a way into the coop and is laying eggs there
3. your rooster has male and female genes, very rare.

Put a webcam in the coop so you can find out what's happening.

answer these truthfully:

• Do you live alone?
• does the enclosure have a roof? send pics of setup.
• Does the rooster crow? Does he act like a hen?

 

[WIchickMama]

I would say likely a prank or lovely lady snuck in there.

 

[Cheery]

thats the thing its a he and he is alone without hens and i found an egg in his coop

Perhaps the egg was under the nesting material and he’s unearthed it. I’ve occasionally found and old egg when I’m cleaning nests.

 

[JustBabyMargo]

I am raising a cockerel for a friend and he is kept separate no hen is near him and its a confirmed him he has pointy saddle feathers and has spurs and the rounded tail feathers the other day i found an egg in his little coop so is he laying???!! he wont squat for me and he crows ive seen him crow and heard him i dont give him layer feed i give him grains and no hen has been near him so what is this

Has he laid again?