hens or roosters?

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Can anyone tell me what kind of rooster this is?
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Dianna1 said:
New here and new to chickens. My parents had chickens but I don't recall a big debate over sexing them only in not being pets. I've attached photos of my 10 chickens I'd really appreciate your thoughts if hens or roosters. While some are obvious chickens the one's I think ight be roosters I equally think they may not be. None of them act like roosters they are 18 weeks old now show no aggression, no crowing.










This last one I call Cagney and the weeker one I guess, they nearly pecked her bald. Because they actually pecked her so bad to the point she was bleeding andher back was open I made a chicken saddle from cloth screen so air could hit it andput a salve on it that included tea tree oil and no she is getting her feathers bak and eating regular, I think she is going to be ok though a super pet, she hangs around me not the chickens lol.





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None of your birds look like roosters. A rooster would be really obvious by 18 weeks old. The combs usually turn red before 10 weeks old, pullets don't start turning red until about 14 to 18 weeks old. They would also have all their male feathers in by 18 weeks old. I've attached a picture so that you can see the feathering differences that a rooster would have by that age. Long, thin hackle and saddle feathers, and a very red and obvious comb.
 
ty I posted this also in another thread thinking I may have posted in wrong place. None of mine look like the picture you posted. The RIR are jus beginning to turn their cones and faces red and the wyandottes are still pink or coral color I guess. Here is up close pic of the one being bullied. The other cones look just as this one's. he had been in water again, I believe she thinks she is a flamingo.

 
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Thank you! I am trying to hatch some pure breed chicks so I may need to find a home for him if I can't figure out what he is? I was going to try to find some hens for him. :)
 
Thanks for the feed back...any reason why you think the one is a black sex link male instead of a full blooded barred rock? Thanks...
 
Devilsrejects said:
Thanks for the feed back...any reason why you think the one is a black sex link male instead of a full blooded barred rock? Thanks...
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The barring looks like a single copy of the gene instead of the double barring that a pure bred male would have. That makes it look like it has barred Rock pullet coloring, but that comb is all cockerel.
 
Ok, just heard a crow this morning and I was under the impression all my birds were hens. not sure who did it but i think it was this one... let me know what you all think. Roo or hen?

Forgot to add, its 19 weeks old and a blue andy
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The Blue Andalusian is a pullet. Her comb is big and red because she will be laying eggs soon. A cockerel would have dark blue on the shoulders and saddle feathers. The barred Rock blur does look a bit suspect.
bcfpilot said:
Ok, just heard a crow this morning and I was under the impression all my birds were hens. not sure who did it but i think it was this one... let me know what you all think. Roo or hen?

Forgot to add, its 19 weeks old and a blue andy

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