Rooster or Chicken?

[Just Hatch duck]

Hi, I got some chickens months ago and thinking they were all hens i was a little worried when i noticed this chooks facial features, he's with 5 other hens and a few ducks and a drake, i was just wondering whether you thought he was a rooster or not, i was about to buy a rooster but seeing this guy i might not have to? Also do you know how old it takes a rooster to come of age and start breeding with my silkie hens, and will he be okay with my drake?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Could you share a full body shot from the side? It appears to be a single combed silkie, but It's hard to tell much without seeing the whole chicken. Could just be a hen getting ready to lay too.

 

[sylviethecochin]

Full body pic is needed, because once hens get into laying age, they can develop pretty large wattles and combs, but I'm going to guess rooster.

If he is a rooster:
He should be okay with your drake, my roosters get along with the drakes.

He'll be "of age" to breed at about fifteen weeks, but the hens won't like it. If he's acting like a hormonal teenager, you might want to separate him via see-through fencing for a few weeks until the pullets catch up to his maturity level.


EDT: and yes, he's definitely a chicken.

 

[Gray Farms]

Need a full body broadside picture and age please.

 

[Star and eclipsa]

Full body pic is needed, because once hens get into laying age, they can develop pretty large wattles and combs, but I'm going to guess rooster.

If he is a rooster:
He should be okay with your drake, my roosters get along with the drakes.

He'll be "of age" to breed at about fifteen weeks, but the hens won't like it. If he's acting like a hormonal teenager, you might want to separate him via see-through fencing for a few weeks until the pullets catch up to his maturity level.


EDT: and yes, he's definitely a chicken.

My cockerel has started trying to breed with my pullet occasionally and they are both about 11 weeks old.

 

[sylviethecochin]

My cockerel has started trying to breed with my pullet occasionally and they are both about 11 weeks old.

Yeah, that can happen. Sorry, I was giving average age of beginning breeding, from my experience. It can happen earlier--there are records of 2-month old buck kid goats breeding their mothers--it's just less common.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Could you get a full body pic? Also, how old are they?

 

[drumstick diva]

Need standing side profile and age. A lot of males are ready to breed much sooner than the girls and will pursue them endlessly.