Mystery...

[OwlLover]

I'm sorry if this isn't the right section. But, to start, I have about 15 chickens and some eggs in the bator. Originally I thought I had 3 roosters because Smokey, Stormy, and Chuckles (who was Claire at the time) all crowed. But now, I think either Smokey or Stormy is a girl.

2 days ago, when I went out to the coop to collect eggs, there were 3. There are only 2 that I'm sure are hens (I know there needs to be more hens for 3 roosters, this is only temporary until I fix the flaw in their run.) in that coop. I figured I had just missed one, because I do that a lot. That was also the day I took their straw out cleaned everything, so I didn't miss any this time. Next day, 3 eggs again. I began to get a little suspicious if someone was a girl, but I assumed again that I must have by some chance missed one again. Today, 3 eggs again. I think that one of my roos is a girl. I know for a fact Chuckles is a male, I'm a little suspicious about Smokey and Stormy. They all crow, but Stormy has no spurs and I have never seen him mate to the hens. Smokey has mated with the hens, but he has no spurs.

Does anyone have advice on this?

I'm clueless here!

 

[nurse_turtle]

If the chicken is old enough to lay eggs, it will be clearly evident if the bird is a male or female. A hen will lack the long, slender, pointy feathers that lay over to the sides of a rooster's lower back (saddle feathers). Hens also lack the same looking feathers around the rooster's neck. If you can post a picture of the parties in question, we can better determine what's going on.