Male vs. Female Chicken: Legs. Another physical characteristic that differentiates the sexes of chickens from each other is their legs. Generally, female chickens have thinner legs than male chickens.

Three bizarre chickens, half male and half female, have revealed a surprising secret – every single cell in a chicken’s body is either male or female. Each one has its own sexual identity.

In chickens, the cells of the body (the 'soma') are already male or female long before this happens. The development of the genital ridge into ovaries or testes (which may or may not be influenced by ...