my roo did a strange thing today

[pinkwindsong]

Hi.. I have a young LF gold barred Cochin, he is aprox 15-16 weeks old,, he crows, he acts bossy like a rooster would.. today I noticed he and my white Leghorn pullet how is 23 weeks old. jump up and do that rooster fight thing.. and then it hit me.. OMG Maybe my wht leghorn isnt a hen at all.. will hens do that jump up in the air fighting thing? shes never crowed? should she have by now is she was a roo.. I need pics of adult white leghorn roos and hens i guess to see

pink

 

[This_chicks_place]

When I had more than one rooster, only the head guy crowed.

 

[Meghalu]

I bet if you post a pic of your leghorn thee are plenty of folks who could let you know if it is a he or she.

 

[tinychicky]

i have hens fight younger roos before. it's not uncommon. at 23 weeks she'd be laying or ready to lay. you should be able to tell by now-she'd have sickles and saddles and pointed hackles. post a pic and we'll be able to tell you for sure

 

[featherz]

We'd need a pic to tell, but I have an EE hen that would face off and raise hackles and jump at my gigantic cochin roo.. And she'd get him to back off, too!

(She's definitely a girl, laying for a year now)..

 

[PrestonSloan08]

Here is my white leghorn hen!! She is kinda old though!! She was a retired layer when I got her!!

 

[Tanichca]

Well, leghorns are notoriously hard to sex, due to the large comb size in both genders, but that looks like a hen..

 

[Moochie]

Looks like a girl to me.
Maybe she was trying to be boss.

 

[CowgirlPenny]

One of my Barred Rocks that I'm SURE is a hen (literally watched her drop an egg,lol) is really not backing down to the advances of my Porcelain. He wants some jiggy time and she is NOT having it (we just got rid of-processed- her mate, she's not ready to move on I guess) he will run up to try and chicken surf her and she runs at him like a rooster. Eventually he backs off. So, you could have a hen that's just strong willed.

 

[sourland]

Your leghorn is definately a hen, and it is not at all unusual for mature hens to spar with uppity young cockerels that are feeling their oats.