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Is my RIR a Rooster or Hen?

post #1 of 17
6/21/12 at 3:41pm
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I am having a hard time being able to tell if my Rhode Island Red chicken is a rooster or a hen.. can anyone help?

 

It does have some darker feathers coming in on its neck/back and has a fairly defined comb and wattle, which makes me think it is a rooster.  What are your thoughts??

 

Rooster.jpg

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post #2 of 17
6/21/12 at 3:49pm
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it is a few months old...

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post #3 of 17
6/21/12 at 5:39pm
Its not a great picture, maybe if we could see him standing, but so far it looks very much like a rooster.
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Hi, Im Rebecca Im a Homeschooled, Christian girl that loves chickens!! I am a vet volunteer and I owner of 9 chickens. If you have any questions about Coccidiosis, Mites & Lice, Worms, Molting, Vent Gleet, Bumble Foot, Egg Binding, or Prolapsed Oviduct, feel free to ask me about it or pm me.
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post #4 of 17
6/21/12 at 5:46pm

And not a RIR.  I agree a better photo(s) would help on the sexing.

 

 

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post #5 of 17
6/21/12 at 7:39pm
Looks like a pullet.but can say for sure through that pic
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post #6 of 17
6/21/12 at 7:40pm
Hey willow wat breed is that on your default i have the same looking bantam but can classify her breed.
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post #7 of 17
6/21/12 at 7:48pm
Like the one that's in my avatar or a different one?? The one in my avatar is a Dutch bantam.
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Hi, Im Rebecca Im a Homeschooled, Christian girl that loves chickens!! I am a vet volunteer and I owner of 9 chickens. If you have any questions about Coccidiosis, Mites & Lice, Worms, Molting, Vent Gleet, Bumble Foot, Egg Binding, or Prolapsed Oviduct, feel free to ask me about it or pm me.
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post #8 of 17
6/21/12 at 10:00pm

Op bird is a cockeral, maybe some type of hatchery red but not a rhode island red.

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Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

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Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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post #9 of 17
6/26/12 at 9:13pm
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Rooster or hen?

 

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These are two additional pictures of the same chicken I first posted at the start of this thread.  Are these any better for identifying?  I am still having a tough time deciding if it is a rooster or a hen.  What are your thoughts?  Also, I think it is a rhode island red, at least that is what they guy I bought it from told me.

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post #10 of 17
6/26/12 at 10:28pm

Still thinking rooster. How old is it?

Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rachel BB
 

Well, the kittens aren't so cute anymore and the easter egger cockerels are in the freezer. Plus, I think offering them as "prizes" scared folks off! So, I'm still posting quotes, if you know it let me know. I'm very enamored of this new one, it may hang around for a while!

 

"If I'd known the world was ending I'd have brought better books"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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