- Sep 19, 2012
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Hey All,
New to posting but have found tons of great info on the forum. I recently came across one of these "hen or rooster" questions and was impressed at what a great resource you all were. In fact, it made me start to question whether one of our two 4 month old Hampshires, the larger one with the more pronounced comb, was a boy. I thought, hey, I'll go outside and make a video to post on the forum. As soon as I clicked record, I could already hear your comments...
"Oh, you mean the HUGE chicken with thick legs, an upright posture, pronounced tail feathers, fully developed comb and a complete lack of fear bordering on agressiveness? Uh, yeah, that's about the roosteriest rooster I've ever seen, noob."
So with that, have a look at the video and confirm what now appears to be totally obvious to me or let me know if you have *any* doubts. After the first RIR, you'll see two Hampshires. They're the same age, bought at the same time from the same place, yet they are clearly not the same...
Not to worry, we've got room for a rooster and he'll rule the roost like a king if that's the way it turns out. Just seems a little weird that we've never heard him crow at 4 months, no?
Have fun and thanks a bunch!
Dave
New to posting but have found tons of great info on the forum. I recently came across one of these "hen or rooster" questions and was impressed at what a great resource you all were. In fact, it made me start to question whether one of our two 4 month old Hampshires, the larger one with the more pronounced comb, was a boy. I thought, hey, I'll go outside and make a video to post on the forum. As soon as I clicked record, I could already hear your comments...
"Oh, you mean the HUGE chicken with thick legs, an upright posture, pronounced tail feathers, fully developed comb and a complete lack of fear bordering on agressiveness? Uh, yeah, that's about the roosteriest rooster I've ever seen, noob."
So with that, have a look at the video and confirm what now appears to be totally obvious to me or let me know if you have *any* doubts. After the first RIR, you'll see two Hampshires. They're the same age, bought at the same time from the same place, yet they are clearly not the same...
Not to worry, we've got room for a rooster and he'll rule the roost like a king if that's the way it turns out. Just seems a little weird that we've never heard him crow at 4 months, no?
Have fun and thanks a bunch!
Dave
