Is my hen turning into a rooster???!!! - now with pics!

[chickn]

i am not sure here are some of mine

 

[PotterWatch]

She could just be maturing very early. I wouldn't think she is a rooster unless she shows some other rooster signs like hackle/sickle feathers.

 

[mikarod]

It's a hen.

Hens WILL change to the point that they can look like roosters (combs, wattles) but the feathering doesn't change. It's because of the lack of a rooster. The testosterone in her body is surging...don't ask me why...because of no rooster. She feels that one of them must be a rooster.

I had a hen that I got from a neighbor that had never seen a rooster in her life. I put her in with a rooster and I'll have you know she STILL acted like a rooster after it! lol!

My hen had one of the largest combs and wattle development on a hen I have ever seen (with the exception of Mediterranean breeds).

The only way it could be a male would be if the male was XXY. Klinefelter's Syndrome.

 

[SpottedCrow]

Deffo a hen...for yours too chickn...
Being Queen of the Crowing Hen, I can say that for a fact.

 

[chickn]

lol dont scare me there spotted, i wasnt in questioning it, now you have me scared.

 

[Carolina Chicken Man]

I'm pretty sure they are all hens.

There is variation in comb and wattle sizes.

 

[Mrs.Puff]

I supposedly have red stars (that's what they told me) and they all have large combs and wattles. I'd be looking at the hackle feathers. If they're pointy you've got a roo, rounded is a hen. It takes a while for spurs to grow in, and even hens sometimes have tiny ones. You're hen cannot "turn into" a rooster, by the way. For comparison, just cause a man might like dressing in ladies clothes, he won't suddenly become a she. Same with your hen. She might just ACT like a roo.

I thought red stars had white roos? Or is that just "red-sex link" birds?

 

[setter4]

She is a hen. JMHO I went thru the same thing with mine...every week I decided a different one was a roo. Turns out none are!

She is just developing faster than the rest.

 

[gritsar]

I agree. She's just an early bloomer.
ETA: I have one hen that turned red in the comb and grew wattles around 10 weeks old. She's right now in the nest box laying her daily egg.

 

[AngieChick]

I'm pretty sure that's a hen, she's just developing faster than everyone else. You may even get some nice early eggs from her!

She's a very pretty bird.