Is it normal for her to look like this??

[nuttyredhead]

So my flock is 24 weeks old. I have 2 brown leghorns that look very very different. The are both pretty much the same size wise but the comb and wattles are very different. Is it normal to have such different growth rates?

 

[satay]

The bottom one is a rooster.

 

[BusyBlonde]

x2 - first is a hen, second is a rooster.

 

[Patricia Jane]

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[jeslewmazer]

Both hens. Bottom on closer to lay or is laying, and the other is not.

 

[AinaWGSD]

I don't think it's "normal" per say to have such a big difference, but it's not that uncommon either. You just have different genetics at work in each hen.

They are definitely both hens. Leghorn hens can have enormous combs and wattles. If the bottom one were a rooster, it would have very different coloring on the neck and what little of the breast you can see in the photo (the hackle feathers would be a more yellow golden color either without the black markings on them or with much less black and the breast would be black).

 

[nuttyredhead]

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Hmm interesting. Now i have another roo, very dominent and talks to his ladies all day long showing them treats and such. Would it be normal for them to get along? They do seem to be side by side quite a bit. Here is them a pic of them together and one of the suspected roo's back feathers.

 

[nurse_turtle]

I have a flock of white and brown leghorns. At 24 weeks old, both birds are hens, no doubt. Growth rates can vary greatly between hatch mates. Those girls look healthy to me.

 

[pips&peeps]

They're both hens. Below is a photo of a rooster:

 

[nuttyredhead]

pips&peeps :

They're both hens. Below is a photo of a rooster:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/19900_brown_lrooster.jpg

Wow that is on very very handsome boy!!!! Well if she is a she than she needs to start laying!!! I have read brown leghorns will lay white/cream colored eggs....Im getting all shades of brown!​