Yep! That's a spur!
Not a huge as Charlie's, but a spur non-the-less!
(You'll notice Charlie has three new feathers growing out of his poor naked neck.)
Sometimes hens will grow spurs. Some hens can even crow like a rooster. This is the first hen that I've had that has grown them. Shirley's other leg doesn't seem to have one. Laverne doesn't have any. They really do strange things sometimes. Charlie ALWAYS builds a nest in the corner of the coop when I change the hay. He's always done that. Maybe he wants them to use his and not the nest boxes. A lot of male birds build nests for their mates, such as eagles and hawks.
Or maybe it's something in the well water up here. Gonna check my ankles tonight......
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