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hen question

  • 11-08-2013 06:43AM
    #1
    whelan1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,786 ✭✭✭✭


    eldest lad was telling me yesterday a hen can turn into a cock:eek: is this true? i am assuming it just takes on the characteristics of a cock:confused::confused:


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  • #2
    marizpan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 443 ✭✭marizpan


    Not true...


  • #3
    Askim
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 307 ✭✭Askim


    whelan1 wrote: »
    eldest lad was telling me yesterday a hen can turn into a cock:eek: is this true? i am assuming it just takes on the characteristics of a cock:confused::confused:

    I have a 3 year old chicken that crows !!! She is still laying so I'll keep her

    A


  • #4
    Rho b
    Closed Accounts Posts: 412 ✭✭Rho b


    They don't "turn" into cocks but they can start to crow and become more dominant.


  • #5
    Iyaibeji
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 72 ✭✭Iyaibeji


    Yup, my bossy hen has started crowing in the mornings.
    She most definately is still a hen though.
    Im hoping the neighbours dont start to get cheesed off with her noise.
    Then again, she's nowhere near as annoying as all the barking dogs i can hear from gardens near and far, all day and night!


  • #6
    aonb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,277 ✭✭✭aonb


    Its hard to sex a chicken, so people often have what they think (hope?!) are hens, and they turn out to be cockerals ... maybe thats what your son is thinking about!


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