Large BR Pullet about to be 36 weeks and hasn't laid!

[cate1124]

hE/she certainly is bright red so her hormones are flowing. I had a beautiful lace wyandotte who gave me one egg over her lifetime, was broody with everyone else's eggs, and the favorite of the rooster..............go figure!

See my response below. Did your wyandotte seem healthy and live a normal lifespan, despite only ever having one egg?

 

[RainbowHen]

I once had a hermaphrodite chicken s/he never crowed and never laid an egg. Didn't quite look like a roo but didn't quite look like a hen . That may be what you have going on here.

 

[RainbowHen]

People are really getting worked up about this, huh? You have a beautiful bird that is obviously very loved

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I once had a hermaphrodite chicken s/he never crowed and never laid an egg. Didn't quite look like a roo but didn't quite look like a hen . That may be what you have going on here.

Pics?

 

[4yearsofchickens]

I have been watching this thread for some time. When I first saw the original pics I didn't think it was a roo. I'm still not positive. You'd think at this age there would be definite signs one way or the other...I will say, I have two barred rocks. I got both in March. One is small, with a small comb, and has more white barring than the other. The other is the largest bird in flock (bigger than my four-year-olds!) and has less white barring and a big floppy red comb and wattles. BUT it was also the first hen to start squatting (my go to signal for beginning to lay) and she laid the first egg out of the 10 chicks I got in march. She was barely 6 mos. So it may be a really big, lazy hen, or a shy rooster, or "both". I'm not there to see it in person so I can't say without a shadow of a doubt either way. Hope this helps!

 

[RainbowHen]

Pics?

I will dig around but this was 12 or so years ago. Pics probably on my dinosaur of a desktop computer I got the bird from McMurray Hatchery. After much research and chatting with my vet we came to the conclusion that it was s/he lol

 

[rehdancer]

On the one pic that shows the feet I think I see spurs, which would indicate a roo. Anyone else see that too?

 

[cate1124]

S/he seems really sweet -- and super patient, after that vent photo -- so perhaps you could just ask him/her about preferred pronouns and let well enough alone.

Humans are sometimes even more entertaining than chickens. This is a wonderful thread.

 

[Marymc64]

Thanks. I guess I will have to continue to wait and see.

I have a hen who started laying two months after all the others.

 

[Judy Todd]

Hi all!

One of my two girls still hasn't laid her first egg and I'm beginning to worry. She's a rather large girl, I believe a BR, and close to 36 weeks. Is this normal??

My other girl is an Olive Egger, much smallet than the BR and started laying back in July. She's a solid every day layer.

The BR still doesn't squat and her legs are still very close together when she stands. She's overall very healthy with a full and quite large bright red comb. Its been large and red for over a month now.

I'm about to add 4 more girls to the flock and after that I'm not sure if I'll be able to tell if she's laying or not

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That is because he is a she!!!