Democratic Sentinel, Volume 3, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 August 1879 — A Hen Becomes a Rooster. [ARTICLE]

A Hen Becomes a Rooster.

Six years ago next July, says the Oglethorpe (G.) Echo, there was hatched injthis section a female ehick. With the exception of the usual adventures with hawks and owls, this interesting fowl reached the age of pullfcthood without creating any particular excitement. She quickly won the hearts of the lords of the barnyard, and more than one pitched battle was fought for her favor by the rival cocks. In time she developed into a sturdy, matronly hen, and not only proved a good source of eggs, but sat upon and hatched five litters of chickens and one ot geese, from which feat she was known in the neighborhood as the “gosling hen.” Last February, however, a marked change was observable in the subject of this sketch. First, the roosters ceased to worship at her shrine. A change was also observable in her general bearing—she assumed decidedly masculine airs, crowing with a voice and tone of a thoioughbred chanticleer; spurs commenced to grow from her heels; the tail lengthened and curved; her comb grew in length, and now this remarkable fowl has developed into a full-fledged rooster. It is now on exhibition at Barrows.