Hen with Spurs!

While trimming my hens beak I noticed she had begun growing spurs. It’s very unusual for a hen to develop spurs but not unheard of. So I decided to look into it. I discovered that it depends on the breed of chicken. I also learned its also possible that females will develop male characteristics like spurs, crowing, and a large comb. When there isn’t a rooster around the dominate hen begins developing male characteristics. Once a rooster is put in with the flock of hens, she will loose the male characteristics and act like a normal hen again. I don’t think this what’s going on since I already have I rooster. I really don’t want to deal with anymore crowing. I guess just have to wait and see what happens.