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Hi, I thought we had a Isa Brown cross hen but she has been seen doing very strange things to the bantam hen.
She is about 19 weeks. Does this look like a hen or a rooster?

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Bantam orpingtons (black, blue and splash), 2 beehives, a noisy frog pond, blue tongues and a family of persistent magpies.

100% female

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Female for sure

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A backyard farmer

expect her to donate an egg or two.

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The Wife
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yeah she definately looks to be a lovely young girl.
She looks very healthy and happy

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I am obviously wrong as I am hopeless at judgeing sex in chickens. BUT I have seen some nice young RIR Cockerals with those tail feathers at about that age. So I would have said rooster, but judging by the percentage of the opinions, It must be a girl.

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Huney

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That tail is odd, I know what you mean Huney. I have tried to have a look, but can't see any sickle feathers. The shape is round and girly looking.

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Backyard Poultry Forum

don't look at the tail!!!!!!!

you look for the side hangers and hackle, the bright shiney long feathers. at this size she should be showing them if she were a rooster and she is not. there is only one reason if she was a he and not showing these secondary feathers it would mean he was hen feathered. however i can assure hen feathered rooster or not you would not be looking at those 2 little pathetic feathers out of her tail.

you should be getting winter eggs out of her.

k

Great thanks so much. I thought 3 hatched chicks turning into 3 hens was too lucky to be true but I did get lucky and it looks like I will have a layer in about a month or so. It was good to check though.

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Bantam orpingtons (black, blue and splash), 2 beehives, a noisy frog pond, blue tongues and a family of persistent magpies.

Definatly pullet. She'll give you some nice eggs, come winter time.

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