Hens going thru Sex Change?

[Arbutus Peregrine]

One of my 19 week old pullets did crow this morning---three times! I'm 300% sure she's a she. Plus, I have two 19 week old cockerels in the flock. It was so funny! She sure enough got a big gulp of air and crowed away three different times! She's a Sebright bantam. I thought this only happened in flocks without boys. I'm kind of hoping it's just her figuring out that it's time to lay eggs! Being a teenager is really confusing!

 

[ValerieJ]

Here's the chick in question.

That is a beautiful cockerel. Look at those tail feathers, that comb and that waddle!

 

[21hens-incharge]

One of my 19 week old pullets did crow this morning---three times! I'm 300% sure she's a she. Plus, I have two 19 week old cockerels in the flock. It was so funny! She sure enough got a big gulp of air and crowed away three different times! She's a Sebright bantam. I thought this only happened in flocks without boys. I'm kind of hoping it's just her figuring out that it's time to lay eggs! Being a teenager is really confusing!

Sebright males are what is called "hen feathered".
That means the males and females have the same beautifully rounded feathers.
I am betting your little crower is a male, and always has been one.

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Sebright males are what is called "hen feathered".
That means the males and females have the same beautifully rounded feathers.
I am betting your little crower is a male, and always has been one.

I had three Sebright cockerels and rehomed them two months ago. I currently have three Sebright pullets. They look very different because the pullets don't have much of anything in the way of a comb. I'll post a pic.

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

19 week old pullet crowing this morning

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Here she is with one of her brothers back in September so you can see the difference.

 

[chickens really]

Here she is with one of her brothers back in September so you can see the difference.View attachment 1966566

Crowing is different in Pullets/Hens and not a sex change..

 

[Arbutus Peregrine]

Crowing is different in Pullets/Hens and not a sex change..

Can't it just be crowing? She sounded like when the boys were first starting to crow. I do hope for my neighbors' sake that it isn't a regular thing...although I really enjoyed it!

 

[Skippersnh]

i thought i had a pullet one time also until it crowed and did the mating dance

 

[sourland]

'Gender change' would include the ability to fertilize eggs on the part of a hen/turned rooster, and the ability to produce eggs on the part of a rooster/turned hen. (have never heard of the second.) That does not happen. It's a change in appearance only involving no sex chromosomal changes.