My apologies. I was merely trying to point out that the chick pictured doesn't have the long, skinny feathers that are associated with a rooster. I worded my post incorrectly.
The rooster picture I posted is not mine. Just a picture I googled that showed the feathers very well.
There aren't any saddle or hackle feathers showing in your picture since the bird is too young to have them. Roosters grow hackle and sickle feathers (though in some breeds the roosters are hen-feathered). In this picture, you can see the hackle feathers at the neck and the sickle feathers in...