My rooster laid an egg

[Godiva]

I have a hen who crows and lays eggs. Her comb did grow bigger even though she was a few years old once we became roosterless

and while it is not as big as a roos would be she is definitely the one in charge. She will even call her buddy over for treats she finds just like a roo does .... the kids say she needs a husband

Interested to see how this works out...

 

[speckledhen]

The bird in question is a definite rooster; no hen on the planet has those pointy, shiny saddle feathers. Roosters, good ones anyway, often go in the nests, to encourage their girls to lay. That bird did not lay your egg, sorry. Hens may crow and roosters can cackle, but roosters don't lay eggs. That blue bird is a rooster, no doubt, and a handsome one at that.

 

[debid]

I have a cockerel that likes to make nesting divots and will cluck himself silly calling the girls over to see his work (he even drops his chest down into the divot so the girls will get a clear picture of how comfy it is). He could definitely stir up a hidden egg and give the impression that he'd laid it with his song and dance.

 

[hdowden]

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take some sort of cloth, white would work and put a few of the hackle feathers over it if they are pointed then its a roo if round then its a hen

 

[speckledhen]

The saddle feathers are so out there, they're hard to miss. Hackles are pointy, but saddle feathers are so much more of an ID trait than hackles, they can't be mistaken in almost every breed (there are a couple of breeds where the roosters are hen-feathered, but this isn't one of them).

 

[Josiah Woodfield]

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x2 my opinion exactly.

 

[Lucysmom002]

I have a friend who has a roo that sits on eggs.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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x2 my opinion exactly.

X3

 

[dadsdeercamp]

got eggs from two EE's today both green no blue rggs

 

[Lothiriel]

How many EE pullets do you know you have? Just 2?

Whatever "it" is, I love the blue color.