I think my Hen is a Rooster 😧

[Muddygurl]

Lol i love the title of your thread! And you sure brought back the memory of when that same thing happened to me! Like u, i also ordered all pullets, 30 total. Got the 30 pullets for colored eggs. They were easter eggers, so all had tiny little pea combs. When the "girls" were about 10 weeks old, i told my friend that three of the "girls" combs were bigger "peas" than the others. The other combs were so tiny (to my eye at the time) i could barely see them. I went out to sit with and visit with my "girls" one afternoon when they were about 14 weeks old. One of the "pullets" greeted me with that squawky gurgly strangling sound that cockerels make when they first discover their vocal chords. I had never heard that sound before, but instantly knew one of my girls was a boy. And my lower jaw about hit the dirt when i heard it! But but but i ordered all girls!! Well, to make a long story a Little shorter, within a few weeks four of my 30 "girls" were crowing. And then the remaining pullets started going broody the next spring when they turned 7-8 months old. I had never heard of chicken math then, but boy did i experience it firsthand. And thats how i ended up with over 300 chickens. All hatched by broodies; i have zero knowledge re using artificial incubators. (Although i have retained Some info by reading the incubating & hatching forum.) I can give good advice re how to help lots of mama hens sucessfully raise lots of baby chicks tho! Everything i know came from reading countless threads on the various backyard chickens forums. Which i still do, & still have a lot to learn. The wealth of knowledge & experience here is amazing. Have fun with your Seventeen pullets & that one surprise.

300!!!!!! Holy Moly! Thanks