Hen with spurs????

[2manychkns]

I bought a couple of one year old BA hens from a neighbor and they've been doing well. But today for the first time I noticed that one of the hens has a set of spurs! I've looked at pictures of BA roos and they don't look like my "hen", nor does this "hen" display any roo qualities -- crowing, breeding, etc. This I think is an actual hen, but I've never seen spurs like this on a hen. These are not just buds or dull appendages -- these are like 1 1/2 inches long and it looks like a big long thorn.

Can anyone give me any feedback? This is my first time owning BA's, so maybe it's a breed thing? Searched for it in the forums and didn't run across anything like this.

 

[2manychkns]

Sorry -- using Google I did find a thread about this on this forum.

 

[ramirezframing]

heres my polish hen with hers. she passed this trait on to her female offspring as well

 

[2manychkns]

Wow! That's about as long as my Black Australorp's. I learned something new today!

 

[bonnylass79]

Yeah, definitely not something exclusive to BAs. None of my BA hens have them, but I have a buff bantam cross hen with spurs. They aren't as long as yours, but definitely more than any of my other hens.