He was hatched in an incubator by other people who gave him to me as a young chick since he wasn't doing well with them.
i had a new hampshire rooster before getting the sussex but the new hampshire was rehomed when i had the sussex for 3 months at most and he was staying inside the house for...
I agree that this chicken looks like a cockerel and has a bunch of the features but this all happened suddenly. below are photos of the chicken when he/she was probably around 6 or 7 months old and looked like a pullet. I know that it could take some chickens longer to mature but it’s strange...
the black chickens feathers have been like that for a while and I’ve seen them being pulled out by other hens weeks ago and i have a silkie rooster who used to pull them out too. I haven’t noticed the spots growing larger recently.
I will be referring to my chicken as “she“ during this but i don't actually know if she’s a hen.
I’ve had her for 8 months now (and she was at least 1 month old when I got her). She only started growing tail feathers at around 6 or 7 months of having her and they looked liked a hen’s tail...