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Crowing
My Jupiter is four month old and doesn’t crow, and I’m pretty sure he’s a gentleman.She is 12 weeks old now, and most definitely a she. No comb enlargement/reddening, no saddle feathers and no crowing.
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My Jupiter is four month old and doesn’t crow, and I’m pretty sure he’s a gentleman.She is 12 weeks old now, and most definitely a she. No comb enlargement/reddening, no saddle feathers and no crowing.
PulletOK, the little sussex with be 9 weeks old tomorrow. The pink, sizable wattles still have me thinking it's a cockerel. But it's outlier, in least in my experience, in terms of how slow it's coming in. I've never had one leave me in suspense this long -- usually the little guys are screamingly obvious cockerels by this point. On the other hand, if its a pullet, it's quite unusually well developed in the wattles and comb for this age. I've had one other girl -- a lavender orpington who developed early, hanging pink jowls at 7 weeks, so I'm still not ready to make a 100% cockerel call. Maybe next week? Will keep updating.
First picture is the sussex with two of its hatch-mates -- a mr. obvious cockerel and a pullet -- along with mama hen who is still mothering them at 9 weeks. Second, it alone.
Sussex are one of the breeds that continue to confuse people. Almost right up there with Wyandottes.She is very pretty, thank you. I've been waiting for the first egg, before updating again with a photo, but she is definitely a she. She is 16 + weeks old today, so I'm still a a couple of weeks out, at least, from egg territory. I will say, she has really big legs for a pullet, which is one reason I was so confused in sexing her.
Female dogs, bitches, do this too, trying to be leader.lol, this is just dominance-
Hens can mount eachother sometimes, its usually either due to the absence of a male, or simply dominance. I'd bet yours did this due to her size, trying to stay up in the hierarchy.
My ducks do this, and alternate "playing the drake". One of them even tries to mate my leg
Any updated photos?She is very pretty, thank you. I've been waiting for the first egg, before updating again with a photo, but she is definitely a she. She is 16 + weeks old today, so I'm still a a couple of weeks out, at least, from egg territory. I will say, she has really big legs for a pullet, which is one reason I was so confused in sexing her.
Sadly no. She was clearly a she, and beautiful bird, but never laid an egg. (And, no, there was zero chance she was a rooster). When she was 10 months old, I found her sitting the the run, with both legs completely paralyzed. It happened literally in the course of a morning. She came out of the coop fine, but when I when up later in the morning, she was unable to move her legs. Bright-eyed and alert, but unable to stand or move. My husband put her down.Any updated photos?
Oh I’m so sad for you and this little chook. Thank you for sharing her pictures. It’s been helpful looking through all the picturesSadly no. She was clearly a she, and beautiful bird, but never laid an egg. (And, no, there was zero chance she was a rooster). When she was 10 months old, I found her sitting the the run, with both legs completely paralyzed. It happened literally in the course of a morning. She came out of the coop fine, but when I when up later in the morning, she was unable to move her legs. Bright-eyed and alert, but unable to stand or move. My husband put her down.
I should have autopsied her, but I was pretty upset. I was convinced I had marek's disease in my flock, and made plans to test the next bird who showed any signs of sickness. But thankfully, that never happened. It's been a year and half now, and all the rest of my flock has been completely and totally healthy, including chicks hatched out last spring. So I know longer believe it was Marek's. I've read that sometimes an egg can become stuck and compress the ischiatic nerve, causing paralysis. I think that is what happened. She was so late coming into lay -- probably there was something not quite right with her plumbing.
So, a sad little ending for my mystery Sussex.