Roo or Pullet?

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Ol Grey Mare said:
Yes, he should get a "real" tail - male chicks are often the last to fully feather (which is one of the tell-tale signs you can watch while brooding a batch of chicks - it isn't a definite male/female tell, but it's one of the clues you can piece together for a pretty good guess even early on). Though he looks to be of age where one would expect to see at least some growth back there - any chance you have/had some feather picking issues going on in your flock?
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I don't believe we do, the girls get after him occasionaly but it's when they are eating and don't want to share so they drive him away.We haven't noticed them plucking at his feathers and haven't an unusual amount of feathers other than normal shedding. He has never had a sign of tail feathers they would have had to pluck them when the were very small.
 
It looks like a rooster to me as well. I think he'll feather out a bit more, but not dramatically so. He will look different from any BO hens that you may have. BO's are also a bit slower to mature, so he may not crow for a little while longer as well.
 

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