HAND RAISIED ISA BROWN

[belgianlover101]

hello chicken lovers one of my hen is acting like a rooster like hoping on top of a female chicken HELP!!!!!!!

 

[Michael OShay]

Are you sure that you're chicken that's behaving that way is in fact an Isa Brown hen? Can you post a full body profile pic showing the tail?

 

[donrae]

some hens do mount other hens, but it's not common. If your bird truly is an ISA brown, sex should be a no-brainer, especially by the time they're old enough to show mating behavior. Red is female, white is male.

 

[Michael OShay]

some hens do mount other hens, but it's not common. If your bird truly is an ISA brown, sex should be a no-brainer, especially by the time they're old enough to show mating behavior. Red is female, white is male.

I was wondering if the bird in question might be a red breed of some kind (Production Red, etc.) as opposed to an Isa Brown. If that was the case, it might in fact be a rooster despite its red coloring.

 

[belgianlover101]

she it is a hen she lays eggs

 

[pwand]

she it is a hen she lays eggs

I have had a hen that always done that, she is being the dominate hen. She will continue to be a normal hen. I even have hens that try to crow. They don't sound that great when they try.

 

[CCsChickens]

My four month olds sometimes do that!! I figure they're just mucking around or trying to annoy each other to be funny ahaha! My ISAS are very cheeky as one will be having a nap and the other one will run over and jump on them to wake them up. Not sure if that's a bit different from what you're experiencing, but to me when mine do it it just seems like a bit of fun for them (like when they play lettuce chasey!).