I have no idea what this chicken is

[Maryh97]

So idk where to put this and I want to put at the start I'm not trying to be weird or controversial I just genuinely have no clue what is going on with this bird.

This is Rosemary

Rosemary is supposed to be a welsummer hen. This is Rosemary as a baby

So from everything I know this is supposed to be a hen. But it looks NOTHING like it's sisters. For example here is Sage. From the same batch of chicks. Parsley looks just like Sage but with a smaller comb.

As you can tell the coloring of Rosemary is completely different from the other two and my concern/confusion is if it's possible that Rosemary may be a rooster.

Sometimes I swear I see saddle feathers on Rosemary, and yet the comb is considerably smaller. Rosemary feathered out SUPER weird as well. It grew feathers extremely slow (not very rooster like at all) and after it was fully feathered out at only about 3 months, it seemed to molt. The tail feathers fell away, as did the longer wing feathers. They've grown back now but I'm so confused as to what is going on.

Do I have a hen or a rooster here? Is it possible for sex reversal to happen in autosexing breeds? Is this even what sex reversal looks like? I'm just... I have no idea what's going on or if I'm just a crazy person.

This is my first experience with this breed so my knowledge is extremely limited and any advice is appreciated!

 

[Blue Raptor]

So idk where to put this and I want to put at the start I'm not trying to be weird or controversial I just genuinely have no clue what is going on with this bird.

This is Rosemary

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Rosemary is supposed to be a welsummer hen. This is Rosemary as a baby
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So from everything I know this is supposed to be a hen. But it looks NOTHING like it's sisters. For example here is Sage. From the same batch of chicks. Parsley looks just like Sage but with a smaller comb.
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As you can tell the coloring of Rosemary is completely different from the other two and my concern/confusion is if it's possible that Rosemary may be a rooster.

Sometimes I swear I see saddle feathers on Rosemary, and yet the comb is considerably smaller. Rosemary feathered out SUPER weird as well. It grew feathers extremely slow (not very rooster like at all) and after it was fully feathered out at only about 3 months, it seemed to molt. The tail feathers fell away, as did the longer wing feathers. They've grown back now but I'm so confused as to what is going on.

Do I have a hen or a rooster here? Is it possible for sex reversal to happen in autosexing breeds? Is this even what sex reversal looks like? I'm just... I have no idea what's going on or if I'm just a crazy person.

This is my first experience with this breed so my knowledge is extremely limited and any advice is appreciated!

Is that a pea comb or a rose comb on her?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Is that a pea comb or a rose comb on her?

It's a single comb, just still small

 

[nuthatched]

Can you get better pictures? How old is everyone now? She looks sort of like my partridge rock, she could be a mix.

 

[Maryh97]

I can't really get a good full body picture bc it's a crazy flighty bird. Did manage to catch it even though it scratched the ever-living crap out of me so here is like a close-up of the face.

It's around 6 months. Single comb. And I can't get a good picture of it but there's an iridescence to the darker feathers on the back that my other two welsummers don't have at all.

 

[CSolis]

I leaning towards pullet... Welsommer for the breed.. looks just like my Peg. I had to wait for her to start laying and then it was obvious by the dark copper with speckle eggs.

 

[Maryh97]

I leaning towards pullet... Welsommer for the breed.. looks just like my Peg. I had to wait for her to start laying and then it was obvious by the dark copper with speckle eggs.View attachment 3179765

Yeah I'm positive it's a welsummer lol. I just don't know why it doesn't look the same as the others. Your bird is exactly what my other 2 welsummers look like. It acts like a hen, but that doesn't explain the difference in color or why it molted so early when the other 2 didn't.

 

[NatJ]

It acts like a hen, but that doesn't explain the difference in color or why it molted so early when the other 2 didn't.

Individual variation.

Every chick molts several times as they grow up-- but some are more obvious about it than others. Some replace a few feathers at a time, while others lose a whole pile at once.

The initial slow feathering is also something that just happens with some chickens.