Take a good look at this 6 year old silky chicken that lives on my farm. Do you think it's a hen or a rooster? Long red wattles and and a bright red comb sure make it look like a rooster. And, yes, this summer it crowed like a rooster, too. Check out this link to my video that I took this summer. BUT, before you make up your mind.....
'Here's a picture of this very same chicken raising chicks only the year before. For 5 years, this 'hen' laid eggs and occasionally raised chicks. "Her" name is Josephine. Notice the smaller comb and wattles, too! Imagine my surprise when s/he began crowing this summer. So off to Google I went and discovered that (while very rare) it has been documented that hens can turn into roosters. I have a trans-rooster! Not sure what pronoun s/he prefers.
But before I could get used to calling 'him' Joey, autumn rolled around and apparently s/he made another transformation back to Josephine. No more crowing and the wattles are back to their former size.
But before I could get used to calling 'him' Joey, autumn rolled around and apparently s/he made another transformation back to Josephine. No more crowing and the wattles are back to their former size.