Oh Repecca! No!

[Ruralhideaway]

I agree post there. Nothing stands out to me but others will know much more.

 

[MillersFarm]

I think you're fine.. Found a pic of a 6 month old lavender orphington roo. There's quite a difference between him and yours

 

[Cryss]

Repecca has been plagued with physical problems, pigeon toed, doesn't roost, sour crop, needs a bra. Hence she always looks disheveled and a bit dirty butt due to sleeping in the pine shavings. I'm thinking maybe that roo in the pic is just healthier? I need a good pic of a 6 month old Lavender Orpington hen!!

 

[FeatheredFanatic]

Sometimes if you don't keep a rooster in the flock, the alpha hens will try a half hearted crow to establish her position in the pecking order. If you get a rooster in the flock she will most likely quit. Plus, a roster in the flock adds to a better flow to the pecking order and all the girls will know her place. I didn't want a rooster at first, but when I did, the girls seem happier and egg production went up by at least by 30-40%. Just a thought.

 

[Cryss]

My daughter, son in law, and grandkids won't eat the eggs if there is a chance it is fertile, just the thought puts them off.
I did have a rooster for a few weeks. I'm really hoping I have a crowing hen!

 

[Chickassan]

Lordy,I thought something horrible happed to Repecca! She's a she Cryss,at her age if she wasn't you'd absolutely know and not just by that crowing. She's just found another way to be different.

 

[Cryss]

I posted in " What breed or gender". Titled "
Help, is Repecca a Roo or a crowing hen?"

bobbi-j thinks she' a he. I'm so confused and upset.

 

[Chickassan]

Cryss, she's 6 months old she'd be a pain in the rear trying to breed everyone if she was a guy especially with the other rooster gone.

I posted in " What breed or gender". Titled "
Help, is Repecca a Roo or a crowing hen?"

bobbi-j thinks she' a he. I'm so confused and upset.

 

[bobbi-j]

Look at Repecca's neck feathers. Compare them to your pullets' neck feathers. Look at them compared to the picture MillersFarm posted. If you are allowed to keep roosters, I'd keep him. You're going to have a hard time finding anyone to take him anyway with all of his issues.

Just tell your family that he's "special" so you doubt the eggs are fertilized. Or don't give them your eggs if they're going to be fussy. Or tell them you think he's a crowing hen and leave it at that.

 

[Chickassan]

Agreed with @bobbi-j on that. Repecca is odd and no matter what sex you can totally pass her/him off as a crowing hen. Just relax, not telling you to skirt rules or anything but you've put alot of care into that bird so go with crowing hen and everyone is happy.