Dodge Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Blimey Strange goings on at the BHWT http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?Sex-change_hen_ruling_the_roost&in_article_id=370820&in_page_id=34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Blimey hope its confined to hens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I say !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Some hens are just plain weird aren't they? My sponsor hen V-V (stands for Vice-Versa) is apparently an hermaephrodite (sp?). My husband said typical of me to choose the strange one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Yes it's been picked up by lots of papers and George has had 'his' first photoshoot Bless him Buffie x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Wow! Isn't nature fascinating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 It isn't that uncommon apparently. If the hens one functioning ovary isn't working at full tilt, she may develop the characteristic of the opposite sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 So if hes still got an ovary, does he lay eggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abwsco Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 My friend has a black rock that has changed sex. There was an article in the Mail about him/her. Doesn't lay eggs and can't "perform" as a cockerel either apart from the crowing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Primrose has been leaping on Barry for the last few weeks in genuine cockerel style - Ironic that Barry is the one with the boys names - Blooming chickens!! And she is laying as well!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plum Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 My ducks used to 'leap' on each other 3 or 4 deep. I wrote about the duck sandwiches at primary school not realising what they were doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janty Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 My Tinsel (ex-batt) is going through the change. When we first picked her up she started making strange noises that were like she was crowing but muted. She now has spurs, a huge comb and big wattles. She hasn't crowed properly, thankfully as would have to re-home her. She bosses everybody about and struts around the garden as if she owns it. Here's a photo of Tinsel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Wow! My Dad had backyard chickens as a lad in the war years, and always insisted that one or two had started as hens and turned into cockerels. I always took it with a , I couldn't see how that could have happened... It seems I owe him an apology! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 That's really weird...maybe that's what's happening to Starlet though, although I'm no longer sure if she actually lays because Muddles and her lay really similar looking eggs and I can't tell them apart any more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mostin Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 I love weird stories like this. Isn't nature fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
