Chickabee Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I have a hybrid hen (miss pepper pot) and 2 Gingernut rangers. Miss pepper pot (olive) seems to think she's a cockerel.she was my best layer and still has a lovely big floppy wattle. However she hasn't laid for months. She watches every move of the other 2, she will often mount them. I have a silkie, who she ignored, and tried to introduce another hen recently. However, olive would not leave her alone, even after 3 weeks. I have now moved the silkie and the other hen to another eglu. Please does anyone know how to get Olive back to normal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 I know that this can happen to a hen where there is something wrong with one or both of her ovaries (small growth on one, for instance). It is not necessarily life threatening but it can prevent the production of the female hormone oestrogen and without it the hen takes on male traits Separating her for a bit might not get her egg laying again, but it might reduce her dominance and that would, in turn make her less likely to persue the others. However it is something of a 'might' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted July 6, 2013 Author Share Posted July 6, 2013 Thanks for that. She's definitely not unwell so it sounds like something like that might of happened. Think separating her might be a good idea for a bit, as the others are very placid without her, and will probably accept the new comer pamelar and Peggy olive magpie - Maggie silkie fifi Madeleine 2 black labs max and Oscar 1 yellow lab becket (trainee guide dog) 1 corn snake bob Tropical and fantail fish. Don't live on a farm just wish I did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted July 6, 2013 Author Share Posted July 6, 2013 Forgot my bees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 I was gonna ask about this as I've seen Fraggle doing this her coop mates a couple of times now. I was putting it down to a dominance thing. Their saddle feathers are getting rather raggety. She loiters in the nest box but I don't believe she does bothers doing anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Well, I separated them. The 2 evil sisters (ginger nuts) would not leave the new girl alone, it got worse and worse. I ended up swapping them all around again, the haemaphrodite is back in the main coop and the 3 of them are just fine. Maggie the new girl is back with my broody silkie in the other eglu. Guess ill have to get used to having 2 eglu s for a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 hermaphrodite.....hilarious.....i love this forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simondegaris Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 Hello folks, well we had this problem a few months ago. Our one highline chicken was becoming increasingly noisy in the morning. When we asked our local poultry shop she asked a few questions.... 1. is the quiff on her head large and floppy 2. does she have the start of small spurs growing on her legs Well we doubled back home and checked and sure enough spurs were there. She also has a huge quiff going on up there! She explained (as it has been above) that a cyst can grow on the ovary and this forces a hormonal change where they begin to think that they are indeed male. Ours has continued to lay but still crows in the morning and tries to dominate the others. There is no real health issue, they can either remain there and this will continue or they will shring away of their own accord. Typical....in our gay house we now have a transgender chicken! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavclojak Posted July 18, 2013 Share Posted July 18, 2013 [quoTypical....in our gay house we now have a transgender chicken! ] Haha this is why I love this forum, you never know what's gonna pop up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted July 18, 2013 Author Share Posted July 18, 2013 Don't even know how I managed to put haemaphrodite my ipad never let's me mis spell . Think I will make new word. Henmaphrodite ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
