Transgender chicken???

[GirlieChick]

Okay I have a chicken who I thought was a hen the whole time. Well today I noticed that she has spurs going on her legs. She lays eggs and the rooster "does" her like he would. Lol
She has a comb and wottle just like a rooster and I didnt think anything of it until I noticed shes growing spurs. Does anyone if its possible to have a transgender chicken???

 

[Judy]

It's fairly common for hens to grow spurs.

 

[GirlieChick]

Is it common for a hen to have a comb and wattle like a rooster though??

 

[LilChickCoop]

I have a hen that crows!

 

[LilPeeps]

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Depending on the breed, hens can have combs and wattles that grow quite large.

 

[Illia]

Andalusians, Leghorns, Anconas, Minorcas, Sex Links, even some Barred Rocks and Production Reds can have very large combs and waddles.

And yes, hens can have spurs.

 

[GirlieChick]

Okay, I didnt know that! Thanks for the help. =]

 

[GirlieChick]

Her name is still Lady Gaga tho! Lol

 

[Fluffforager]

We had a 10 year old Welsummer hen that laid very well throughout her egg-laying days. Those beautiful dark brown eggs. She was our only Welsummer, so we knew she was laying. At about 8 years old her comb and wattles started to grow. At about 9 she started to grow spurs. At 10, she started to crow an adolescent-like crow, very funny sounding, but definitely a crow. She died of old age when the weather started getting very cold. Here is a picture of when she was 1 and when she was 10.

 

[AzaleaParkFarm]

I have a Buff Laced Polish hen that looks exactly like the other two in every respect except she has a massive wattle... the other two don't have much of anything. I get lots of white eggs, I'm fairly sure she's laying... but this morning, I was woken up by crowing! She's over a year old now... it happens fairly often in the human world... something like 1 of of 100 births are non-binary. I think that my 'hen' is like this. She's just a bit of both. I just hope she can't fertilize the other hens. I doubt it, I haven't seen any hanky panky going on.. But it will be fun to see how she matures further.