Russian Orloff Hen?

[Dawnjanell]

This is a hen right? She is pretty aggressive with the rest of my flock and I have yet to see an egg out of her which has me questioning the couple droopy tail feathers and skinnier neck feathers.

 

[Kiki]

I do not know this breed but that really looks like a boy to me.
See the saddle feathers?

 

[Dawnjanell]

I do see some saddle ish feathers but not a lot of them and since there has not been any crowing?? My previous Roos where very obvious early off so when Rufus didn't get fancy or start crowing I assumed hen.

 

[junebuggena]

How old?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

This is a hen right? She is pretty aggressive with the rest of my flock and I have yet to see an egg out of her which has me questioning the couple droopy tail feathers and skinnier neck feathers.

Pullet. If you zoom in on the hackle feathers you will see that they are rounded.

 

[Dawnjanell]

How old?

About 7 months old

 

[junebuggena]

About 7 months old

Definitely a pullet. Orloffs are actually a game-type breed and tend to be very fiesty birds.

 

[Kiki]

Definitely a pullet. Orloffs are actually a game-type breed and tend to be very fiesty birds.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

I once had an Amerecauna hen. Once she hit about 10 mos we discovered she was really a HE. If you have a dominant roo around or other dominants in your established flock, sometimes a late blooming roo can well..... Bloom late. But it seems to have the skinnier legs and such of a hen. My chocolate ladii has droopy tail feathers, it's part of her breed characteristic..... I know that doesn't really help....

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Oh, my hen turned roo is the gorgeous guy strutting his stuff in my picture thing! Originally named Goldilocks but now dubbed Jumbo