Is this a rooster?!

[chough02]

 

[Lovely Lettie]

No, female.

 

[chough02]

No, female.

Can you explain why it’s a female?
I had a broody hen hatch 8 (mixed breed) eggs (not her own). They ALL look like females to me but my eggs are now fertilized so obviously atleast one in the bunch is a rooster. This and one other was the only one that I had suspicions of.

I thought for sure I’d be able to tell which ones are roosters and this wouldn’t be a problem but

What about this chicken?

 

[Lovely Lettie]

Can you explain why it’s a female?
I had a broody hen hatch 8 (mixed breed) eggs (not her own). They ALL look like females to me but my eggs are now fertilized so obviously atleast one in the bunch is a rooster. This and one other was the only one that I had suspicions of.

I thought for sure I’d be able to tell which ones are roosters and this wouldn’t be a problem but

What about this chicken?
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If it was a male at that age it would have pointed saddle and hackle feathers and large red Comb and wattles.
That one's a female as well.

 

[Sussex19]

Welcome to BYC!
Both chickens pictured are 100% female.
Are you just going by the 'bullseye'? There have been quite a few threads where that turned out false, so I would not rely on it.

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

Both are hens!

 

[chough02]

Welcome to BYC!
Both chickens pictured are 100% female.
Are you just going by the 'bullseye'? There have been quite a few threads where that turned out false, so I would not rely on it.

Yeah I guess I am… I also just assumed that they told me that there was a 50/50 chance of the eggs being male or female and I thought it wouldn’t be likely that all eight would be hens… and then it seems like the eggs are fertilized, so I thought we must have a rooster but I also thought that I would be able to tell and all of them look like hens so maybe they are all just hens and I can stop trying to figure out this mystery…

 

[Lovely Lettie]

Can you post a pic of one of the eggs that look fertilized?

 

[FunClucks]

Yeah I guess I am… I also just assumed that they told me that there was a 50/50 chance of the eggs being male or female and I thought it wouldn’t be likely that all eight would be hens… and then it seems like the eggs are fertilized, so I thought we must have a rooster but I also thought that I would be able to tell and all of them look like hens so maybe they are all just hens and I can stop trying to figure out this mystery…

I think you can stop worrying about it. They're all female.

However, if you want to try and incubate a few eggs, you can always try that. After a week you should be able to candle them and tell if they're developing. If they're all clear, none of them were fertilized.

 

[Sussex19]

Yeah I guess I am… I also just assumed that they told me that there was a 50/50 chance of the eggs being male or female and I thought it wouldn’t be likely that all eight would be hens… and then it seems like the eggs are fertilized, so I thought we must have a rooster but I also thought that I would be able to tell and all of them look like hens so maybe they are all just hens and I can stop trying to figure out this mystery…

Feel free to post photos of them all if you like, that way one could clear in up.