Hen or Rooster... HELP!

[Kristan1424]

We are new to the chicken world and are having fun with two new chicks in our backyard. We have built a cool coop/run and as then are getting older one is starting to "crow" at sunrise and then every hour or so after until the sun is officially up. We can't tell if our Easter Egger Hen is actually a rooster or not yet. Please help. I have read a lot of articles that say Hen's can also crow. So I am not sure. I have attached a photo of her here.

 

[TwinsLoveChicks]

Rooster.
He's really beautiful!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

That's a handsome cockerel... crowing hens are not nearly as common as the internet would have you believe

 

[Kristan1424]

Rooster.
He's really beautiful!

Thank you! We think so too. Just don't know if we can handle a hen and a rooster lol. So wanted to be sure before we found him/ her a new home.

 

[WVduckchick]

Wow he is very handsome!

 

[drumstick diva]

Rooster, ' red over wings sign of doom' = rooster

 

[andreanar]

Very pretty boy.

 

[chicks are life]

Roos if dominated at a young age can be very nice pets.

 

[Kristan1424]

Roos if dominated at a young age can be very nice pets.

Is it hard to keep him with the hen. I don't want a ton of chicks running around. How does all that work?

 

[chicks are life]

The only way chicks would happens if the female went broody and hatched eggs or if you incubated some.

And if you don't want to have the hen hatch eggs and she is broody you can simply breck her.

They are just put in a pen together I don't fully understand what you mean by is it hard to keep them together.