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Update on Edith/Eddy, our sex change chicken.

Update on Edith/Eddy, our sex change chicken.
Update on Edith/Eddy, our sex change chicken.

Some months ago, I posted some photos of our wheaten Maran chicken Edith, who ha\s been switching from female to male plumage - you can see the post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/BackYardChickens/comments/1q6cy82/comment/oojdijw/

Since then, she has become even more rooster-like, with some sickle feathers in her tail, more pronounced pointy saddle feathers, and almost none of her original wheaten feathers remaining - an almost complete transition to the rooster plumage of the male wheaten Maran.

She still seems to be in decent general health, very enthusiastic about food and life in general, but still a chill chicken temperament, and no rooster aggro. Just a lovely and unusual part of our flock.

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