LittleChickensBigCity
Hatching
- Apr 30, 2020
- 6
- 3
- 8
Desperately hoping this bird is a hen 
Polish. 19 weeks old/4.5 months. Only just started showing wattles a couple weeks ago. No crowing. Fairly certain it’s a hen, but my rooster acts oddly towards this one - fluffing up and circling this one bird but neither of the other 2 I’m certain are hens. Could it just be this one is closer to sexual maturity? The other 2 hens are both bantams (1 silkie, 1 frizzle Cochin) and I know will take much longer to lay. I haven’t seen the rooster mount any of the birds yet, but he’s the same age - 4.5 months.
pics of Duchess below. I’ve had to trim the sides of her poof a little so she could actually see. Hen or roo?

Polish. 19 weeks old/4.5 months. Only just started showing wattles a couple weeks ago. No crowing. Fairly certain it’s a hen, but my rooster acts oddly towards this one - fluffing up and circling this one bird but neither of the other 2 I’m certain are hens. Could it just be this one is closer to sexual maturity? The other 2 hens are both bantams (1 silkie, 1 frizzle Cochin) and I know will take much longer to lay. I haven’t seen the rooster mount any of the birds yet, but he’s the same age - 4.5 months.
pics of Duchess below. I’ve had to trim the sides of her poof a little so she could actually see. Hen or roo?