My hen is acting like a rooster?!

[jolenesdad]

Last year, my hatchery barred rocks were developing combs and wattles by 16-17 weeks to lay by 21-22 ish weeks. Of course the leghorn hens combs and wattles were also very developed by 16 weeks, too, and laid at 18 and 19 weeks.

This year, I didn’t have a hen develop a semblance of comb or wattles until after 22/23 weeks.

It’ll all depend on the breed and the individual bird. Are these the only two with come and wattles?

Here’s my birds I’m referencing at 17 weeks.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Cockerel

 

[Kylo_Hen!]

chickens if they don't have a Roo one of the hens will turn into a Roo

 

[sagehound]

On another note @sagehound your coop is STUNNING. Do you have photos of the setup anywhere?

Thank you! Yes, I actually wrote a blog post about it here:
https://thesagehound.com/the-chicken-coop-aka-the-palace/

 

[sagehound]

Last year, my hatchery barred rocks were developing combs and wattles by 16-17 weeks to lay by 21-22 ish weeks. Of course the leghorn hens combs and wattles were also very developed by 16 weeks, too, and laid at 18 and 19 weeks.

This year, I didn’t have a hen develop a semblance of comb or wattles until after 22/23 weeks.

It’ll all depend on the breed and the individual bird. Are these the only two with come and wattles?

Here’s my birds I’m referencing at 17 weeks.
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Yours look very different that's for sure. I think I have another rooster.... my golden-laced wyandotte.

 

[sagehound]

Lol I was fixing to ask the same about your coop!

Yes. I wrote a blog post about it here: https://thesagehound.com/the-chicken-coop-aka-the-palace/

 

[sagehound]

I agree with both Coach and Jed in that the white bird is a cockerel, and that the bird behind him in the first picture is very likely a cockerel also.

It's so funny that the three of you mentioned the bird behind him. I just realized today after looking at "her" that he is also a cockerel. He is a golden-laced wyandotte and my most beautiful. He doesn't crow though? Is that because he is not the top rooster?

 

[lcwmt]

Thats a roo. Notice how it takes center attention to you? Wattles and comb a head of the others. Yep.. a newbie roo going nuts lol. And beautiful. He has a few saddle feathers in first pic on the left of tail.

plus, those thick legs. Beautiful bird.

 

[sagehound]

boy for sure... can we get a better pic of the orange one?

Here is a better picture of the Wyandotte:

 

[Millard]

It's so funny that the three of you mentioned the bird behind him. I just realized today after looking at "her" that he is also a cockerel. He is a golden-laced wyandotte and my most beautiful. He doesn't crow though? Is that because he is not the top rooster?

Crowing depends more on the individual rooster in my experience.
I once had 4 at one time and all of them crowed through the day, no matter what their position in the pecking order.
So I think that he will start crowing eventually, or he's just not a big 'crower', it happens sometimes.
He definitely is a cockerel, though, based on the picture.