Mystery chicken

tadandrita

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Apr 3, 2011
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I have a 7 mo chicken that maybe confused but is totally confusing. OK . It is a PHOENIX & Mix Bantam cross. Has body of a hen..Short hackle and saddle feathers...yet no egg production..crows...yet walks away from hen laying down in front of it like Not Interested...sparrs with roos and is forming nubby spurrs. anybody...anybody???
 
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On occasion, you will get a hen that switches sides. Her ovary stops working and the male sex organ kicks in. All appearances and behaviors become rooish but she/he is not fertile. There are a few decent articles out there on the phenomenon but, as I understand it, it isn't very common.
 

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