Cockerel?

ClickityChick123

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Mar 22, 2025
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Hi everyone, we have a lavender orphington that we think is a cockerel but is 12 weeks and not crowing or even trying. We have seen him/her mounting and pinning down some of the other chickens and he/she is much bigger than the other chicks the same age. Is it a cockerel?
 
Hi everyone, we have a lavender orphington that we think is a cockerel but is 12 weeks and not crowing or even trying. We have seen him/her mounting and pinning down some of the other chickens and he/she is much bigger than the other chicks the same age. Is it a cockerel?
This could also indicate behavior of a dominant hen, just as female dogs will hump each other to show dominance.
 

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