Year old RIR

[Babychicks2020]

So here's my question... we thought we had two female RIR. We have 6 chickens and almost every other day we were getting 7 eggs. So we assumed we had 2 female. But I started noticing that most my chickens were having pecks in the back of the head and scraped on their backs. Which I would assume someone is trying to mate or dominance. So here is the RIR I'm question. I have two in time out cages because they are going after and holding down the other chickens. So they go in the time out cages. And at night everyone gets along. The other chicken is a Barred Rock. As you can see the back of her this is what I'm dealing with. And we pinpointed it to this RIR. So could this be a mistaken rooster that doesnt crow. Or an overly dominate female who thinks it's her coop and shes gonna kill all my other chickens. These chickens have all been together for a year. So the pecking order has been established.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

It is a hen. How big is their area? Being crowded can cause aggression. Also sometimes when there's no rooster a hen will take up that role.

 

[Babychicks2020]

It is a hen. How big is their area? Being crowded can cause aggression. Also sometimes when there's no rooster a hen will take up that role.

They have an 8ft by 10ft run. And the coop holds 20 chickens. I have 6 chickens. So plenty of room for them. My other RIR doesnt look as big as this one. And my other RIR crown isnt as big either. That's what is throwing me.

 

[Babychicks2020]

So here's my question... we thought we had two female RIR. We have 6 chickens and almost every other day we were getting 7 eggs. So we assumed we had 2 female. But I started noticing that most my chickens were having pecks in the back of the head and scraped on their backs. Which I would assume someone is trying to mate or dominance. So here is the RIR I'm question. I have two in time out cages because they are going after and holding down the other chickens. So they go in the time out cages. And at night everyone gets along. The other chicken is a Barred Rock. As you can see the back of her this is what I'm dealing with. And we pinpointed it to this RIR. So could this be a mistaken rooster that doesnt crow. Or an overly dominate female who thinks it's her coop and shes gonna kill all my other chickens. These chickens have all been together for a year. So the pecking order I'd already established.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

They are both hens. RIR can sometimes be a more dominant breed.

 

[Whigru]

I agree, looks like a hen. Mine has a floppy comb, too, but is laying eggs and clearly a hen from other traits. Yours has hen feathers, too.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

It may be a trans chicken.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

She's a hen. Sometimes without a rooster the dominant one will "mate" with other hens, I've had this happen with me. Production Reds are also known to be aggressive birds