chickens
When your hen is rooster-sized but won't crow, it's fowl play at its finest
Cluck-tastic mystery unfolding in your coop! A hen that's rooster-sized, red-combed early, but refuses to crow? That's some serious fowl play. At 18 weeks, your Lavender Ameraucana is keeping us all guessing. You've got one obvious rooster, two smaller hens, and then this giant enigma. It's like she's chickening out of her destiny. Sometimes, a late-blooming hen can just be built differently, but the early red comb is suspicious. She might be a late-crowing rooster, or a very dominant hen who thinks she's the boss. Either way, she's definitely egg-citing. For more on unexpected chicken health quirks, check out our piece on "When a bad eye gets worse, saline might be fowl play in disguise." Keep us posted on her first vocal attempt!
