Last year I posted about whether or not this beautiful chicken was a hen or a rooster. I had decided that he must be a rooster because he was bigger than his sisters and had a larger comb. I just wasn't certain, though.
After several months I had changed my mind and decided that Dela must be a girl. There had not been one crow out of him/her, and no tail feathers had gotten longer. But neither had I seen any evidence of egg laying. The sex of this Delaware chicken was still a mystery.
Until today.
I was working outside when I glanced into the egg-laying nests and saw a little white tail sticking up in the air. See her on the far right?
Thanks, sweetie. Mystery solved.
I still think she has a very roostery head, though.
hey! I meant to tell you this ... I read something the other day about hens molting, and how it can last 4 or 5 months, and they can go the whole time laying very few, if any, eggs, then pick up laying again after their new feathers are in. i thought it was interesting, and maybe what was wrong with yours?, but you probably already knew that! :)
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