HELP my 19 week old buff sussex is it a hen or a cock !!!!!

[yorkshirepumpkin]

I bought my hens at 8 weeks old, but I am now unsure whether the buff sussex is a hen or a cock.
It is not laying and although not cock-a-doodle-doing it is making alot more noise than my hens.
It has been rather aggressive to the others and so I have had to seperate it.
As these are my first hens I would be very grateful for any advice thanks.

 

[joedie]

Looks like you have a cockeral to me. Look at the size of those wattles!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Are there spur bumps? I don't see any saddle feathers in the other two shots....do you have any other chickens? It may just be a "rooish" hen??

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

does it squat? it looks like a hen to me.

 

[sonew123]

That does look henny to me-but the wattles are throwing me a tad-I do have a hen with big flappy wattles though

 

[Hollywood Chickens]

Buff sussex rooster:

http://www.backyardpoultry.com/vis/2007/feb/Buff Sussex ckl large Casino R&MB 2006 .jpg

and a hen:
http://gallery.backyardpoultry.com/data/639/Sus_BU_hn.JPG

yours looks more like the hen picture.

 

[itsachicken]

I vote pullet!

 

[damselfish]

Wow, that's a tough one. Huge wattles and comb but I don't see any pointy saddle feathers, and the hackle feathers don't have that pointy,shiny look either. I think he/she/it also stands like a hen.

Not much help I'm afraid, just also wanted to thank you for posting a photo of a Buff Sussex, they're not exactly thick on the ground over here.

Let us know what you find out.

Edited to add: I just looked at the pics that hollywoodchickens linked to. Yours is colored like a hen too. I'm going to cast a vote for her as a hen with very well-endowed wattles.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

It is most definitely a pullet and you should be getting eggs very soon from her.

 

[coffeelady3]

No saddle feathers or hackles. I vote pullet!