I have a weird looking rooster

[staceyj]

Spoiler Alert:
Chickens cannot change sex’s. There’s no transgender chickens.

Except that one in the U.K...

 

[FaithVondras987]

Spoiler Alert:
Chickens cannot change sex’s. There’s no transgender chickens.

Technically it is possible, it has been researched as well. Not roosters laying eggs.... I think there was only 1 ever reported

 

[Roger98]

Except that one in the U.K...

I've read about several cases of it happening...

 

[staceyj]

Could be fake?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.li...hange-chicken-gertie-hen-bertie-cockerel.html

 

[staceyj]

I've read about several cases of it happening...

But in your case I’m pretty sure he’s a she.

 

[staceyj]

“Only time will tell!”

 

[OhZark Biddies]

“Only time will tell!”

I say take it for a drive and pretend to get lost, if it insists that you stop and ask for directions then you have a female.

If that doesn’t happen, pull over and act like you broke down, if it looks under the hood and pretends to know what’s wrong, you have a male.

If it just wants to sit there on the side of the road and smoke cigarettes and listen to K.D Lang on the radio, then this test was inconclusive.

 

[MissChick@dee]

Sigh...nope sorry.
If a hen has damage to her left ovary and it stops producing estrogen then there is nothing to keep the testosterone in balance. They can grow plumage like a Roo they can crow (some females do without hormonal imbalances..they just do) but a hen cannot produce sperm. They do not become male.
Heck I’ve seen bearded ladies with deep voices but it’s really a hormonal imbalance.
It’s a old wives tale...from long ago to explain why a hen would look like a rooster crow like a Rooster. We know better now what causes it and why & how it happens.

 

[MissChick@dee]

I say take it for a drive and pretend to get lost, if it insists that you stop and ask for directions then you have a female.

If that doesn’t happen, pull over and act like you broke down, if it looks under the hood and pretends to know what’s wrong, you have a male.

If it just wants to sit there on the side of the road and smoke cigarettes and listen to K.D Lang on the radio, then this test was inconclusive.

ETA: that’s hella funny

 

[FaithVondras987]

Sigh...nope sorry.
If a hen has damage to her left ovary and it stops producing estrogen then there is nothing to keep the testosterone in balance. They can grow plumage like a Roo they can crow (some females do without hormonal imbalances..they just do) but a hen cannot produce sperm. They do not become male.
Heck I’ve seen bearded ladies with deep voices but it’s really a hormonal imbalance.
It’s a old wives tale...from long ago to explain why a hen would look like a rooster crow like a Rooster. We know better now what causes it and why & how it happens.

I think it’s just the fact that it looks and acts like a rooster, I’d find it hard to think a female can become 100% male. The fertility is always gonna be deactivated when that change happens. And it is a permanent deactivation