Hermaphrodite chicken?

[Kev]

that's a mixed breed(araucana- he's rumpless with something feather legged) but 100% rooster. He did not lay any eggs.

 

[chickney]

Im 80% sure this bird started out laying eggs. They were a pink long narrow egg. All our other birds at the time laid brown eggs. So we knew it was this one. Since it stopped laying eggs months ago the aopearance really changed. The little bumped butt region grew out. Its just confusing where dis the pink egg layer go? And why did this birs appearance change ao much. I am gonna see if i took a photo before this change?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Pink eggs are brown eggs. One of your other layers didn't apply the appropriate amount of "paint" while it was producing the pink eggs. The odd shape can be attributed to another kink in the egg laying process. I would love to see a younger picture of the bird in question, I suspect it will lead to further proof that he is indeed a boy
Since he's rumpless (which means he is an Araucana mix) its highly likely his eggs would have been blue-ish/green-ish, if roosters were able to lay eggs that is
Nikki

 

[Heiko27]

I had a hen that crowed and looked really boy. But then she started laying eggs and no more crow. But she hardly lays any

 

[chickney]

We will most likely hold onto this guy and cull our other rooster this spring. Its too cold for the culling process eapecially with the scalding and plucking! Thanks everyone!

 

[ChucktheChick]

It IS a rooster. If you caught him in the nest box (hence making you think he was laying eggs) he was probably either hiding out from your other rooster or trying to court your ladies by preparing a nest for them. My rooster gets in the nest box everyday and makes a nest for his girls. I see nothing strange about that bird, he's a good looking boy. That photo does make him appear rumpless though...
Nikki

yes my LITTLE OEGB (Smoky) does that too!!!

 

[chickney]

Yup, i saw herm crow today. Thanks everyone for the obvious advice!

 

[FerdinandsFlock]

We have a bird here that is starting to get some rather long tail feathers, and I too wondered if she could be a hermaphrodite? I read here that it could be hormone related, and she is still quite young (about 3 and 1/2 months) so maybe it would be too soon to tell anyway. I only noticed today that while she isn't the largest of her same aged hens, she has these really long tail feathers coming in and she holds them very erect (as our roosters do). But she has no pronounced comb/wattles. We thought this may be more likely for her, b/c she has an extra toe as well-which we thought may be an indication of some oddities going on during her development. Either way, we aren't concerned about it or bothered by it-just curious if this was possible? She is a pretty and docile bird, even with her strangeness...we just see it as unique

So I guess my question is whether it is possible and how likely it is and does the extra toe make it more possible, even if hermaphrodites are rare? Or is more likely that she is just working out some hormone stuff?
We'd love to hear any thoughts!

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

It IS a rooster. If you caught him in the nest box (hence making you think he was laying eggs) he was probably either hiding out from your other rooster or trying to court your ladies by preparing a nest for them. My rooster gets in the nest box everyday and makes a nest for his girls. I see nothing strange about that bird, he's a good looking boy. That photo does make him appear rumpless though...
Nikki

I agree it is a rooster

 

[donrae]

We have a bird here that is starting to get some rather long tail feathers, and I too wondered if she could be a hermaphrodite? I read here that it could be hormone related, and she is still quite young (about 3 and 1/2 months) so maybe it would be too soon to tell anyway. I only noticed today that while she isn't the largest of her same aged hens, she has these really long tail feathers coming in and she holds them very erect (as our roosters do). But she has no pronounced comb/wattles. We thought this may be more likely for her, b/c she has an extra toe as well-which we thought may be an indication of some oddities going on during her development. Either way, we aren't concerned about it or bothered by it-just curious if this was possible? She is a pretty and docile bird, even with her strangeness...we just see it as unique

So I guess my question is whether it is possible and how likely it is and does the extra toe make it more possible, even if hermaphrodites are rare? Or is more likely that she is just working out some hormone stuff?
We'd love to hear any thoughts!

Do you have a picture of this bird? I have to say, at 3-4 months, it just sounds like a rooster. I'm not sure why you're jumping to hermaphrodite?