Is this a rooster thing? Or will hens do it too?

[ChickenMath10to17]

Do just roosters do this neck feather raising show down? Or will hens do it too?

I havent figured out the genders of all my flock but I assume I have a few roosters in there waiting for me to find out. I figured 1 out, suspecting other. I suspect the white one in the photo

I am hoping hens do this too.
Is this just pecking order things?

 

[ChickenMath10to17]

Females do it too, but the bird that's white is a male.

Oh good! He has been weeks of confusion for me!

 

[Shadrach]

Do just roosters do this neck feather raising show down? Or will hens do it too?

I havent figured out the genders of all my flock but I assume I have a few roosters in there waiting for me to find out. I figured 1 out, suspecting other. I suspect the white one in the photo

I am hoping hens do this too.
Is this just pecking order things?

Yes hens do it to. It's called a hackle flash. It's often not quite so dramatic looking on hens because they tend to have shorter hackle feathers.
There is the hackle flash which is a bossy type warning and there is raised hackles which stay up until the dispute is over.

 

[Shabby Chic-Hens]

any chicken that has some sort of feathering will do that (any chicken excepting NNs). It is a way for the chicken to make themselves look bigger. same reason that the Romans had those crazy helmets. and the Greeks. But real vikings did not have horns coming out of their helmets. that was just a romanticism.
sorry for the short history lesson

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

I hope these work @Pampered chicken girl
My chickens arent model material.

He is a backyard breed. He could be any mix.

I think it's a cockerel, that's alot of comb and wattle but I could be wrong. @Overo Mare

 

[Painted Calls]

I think it's a cockerel, that's alot of comb and wattle but I could be wrong. @Overo Mare

You're right! Cockerel

 

[Painted Calls]

That's alot of rooster if the suspects are roosters. Do you have a plan for them?

They said here they're eating them.

Thank you! I am finally starting to see these long thin neck feather on my flock. So slow in growth I guess for my bunch. My obvious rooster has these. So I am using him as a guide.

I am seeing a lot more pointy feather than I want though I will confirm them all through here eventually since I am new.

But this one is marked as a roo and will be eaten instead of cared for through the winter.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

They said here they're eating them.

Oh ok

 

[MysteryChicken]

Females do it too, but the bird that's white is a male.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Yes, females do it too, my pullets do it all the time.