Hens going thru Sex Change?

[sourland]

@chickens really and @Folly's place have nailed it. Upon occasion a hen with a damaged ovary will have resultant hormone changes that make her appear/act like a rooster. In 70 + years around poultry I have seen it happen once. You have cockerels - hopefully only 2.

 

[chickens really]

@chickens really and @Folly's place have nailed it. Upon occasion a hen with a damaged ovary will have resultant hormone changes that make her appear/act like a rooster. In 70 + years around poultry I have seen it happen once. You have cockerels - hopefully only 2.

Yes..I had a female Call Duck that took on male traits because of ovary damage. Infertile also.

 

[DougDove]

Here's the chick in question.

 

[chickens really]

Here's the chick in question.

Definitely a Cockerel and not going through a sex change..

 

[sourland]

Here's the chick in question.

100 % cockerel

 

[SurferchickinSB]

I purchased 6 Hens in July. They we 3 months old when I brought them home. 1st week of Nov I went out early morning to let the chickens out of the coop, my Delaware came out and started to crow. After the shock, I did some surfing and read she could be turning into a he. I noticed small nubs on her legs which I was told could be spurs growing.
Now this week, I have another hen crowing, Buckeye.
So, were these late bloomer Roosters or really changing?

I guess you have some late bloomers

 

[red horse ranch]

Rooster for sure. See the pointed saddle feathers? Only males have them. Female feathers are round.

 

[chickens really]

Not a late bloomer..
He's been blooming for sometime..

 

[sourland]

I noticed small nubs on her legs which I was told could be spurs growing.

Both pullets and cockerels have spur buds, and some hens even grow spurs.

 

[featherhead007]

As everybody else has said, pullets don’t turn into cockerels. I have something similar in my flock though, I have a hen (she lays eggs) who has spurs and sometimes mounts on the other chickens.
As for the crowing, I just believe your cockerel is a late bloomer. Photos would also help.

I have a hen with spurs as well, and she acts like a rooster, but she lays me breakfast!