Apparently I am an idiot :(

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reinbeau said:
Unfortunately to my not so trained eye she looks like a he.
Yeah, me too and I have only owned chickens for 14 weeks, so my eye is severely untrained! :barnie
 

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Uh, either Daisy is a Dude, or she's gonna be laying an egg? :/

But I think it's more like a dude...I'm sorry :(
 

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Just name it Pat! :lol:

I did have a hen with an incredibly large comb before. It finally slumped over to the side when she became an adult.

If it is an EE that means it is mixed with either an Ameraucaua or Aracauna right? It might have "big comb" gene from the mix. I do know that my Ameraucauna hens all have short combs. :hu

Good luck!
 

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I wouldn't get rid of Pat until it crows....

Inchy, being an optimist today
 

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Aw you guys are killing me! So there is a small chance that Daisy is still a hen? hould I really kepp him/her till it starts crowing?
ARGH! :barnie

Dang nature...messing with my nice little plan.
 

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Of course it could still be a hen. Yeah, it does seem to look like a roo. But EEs are notorious for being difficult to sex, and I wouldn't give up such a pretty (possible) hen until I had to. On the positive, roos usually don't start out with a full-on crow. They generally start with these funny sounding cut off crows. Probably not loud enough to bother your neighbors.

And if I have my math right (I might not...) you only have a few weeks before they start laying, right? 18-20 weeks? Then you'll know for sure.
 

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idk...i had a hen that developed a huge comb early on, while another's comb didnt get very big or red until she laid her first egg.
 

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hennypenny, yes I only have 4-6 weeks to go till they start laying. :fl

Maybe I will just hold tight for now, but it seems hard to believe that out of 6 hens only one has a 'different' comb. :idunno
 
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