What do you think of this tricky bird?

[nchls school]

Pullet. I wonder about this crowing and dominance. I have four young serama roosters and three have been crowing for many weeks. The strongest and biggest has never crowed-odd. He's definitely a rooster-courts the hens etc. Just no crowing. This is a picture of my noncrower from last week.

 

[Naliez]

In the first pics, I thought pullet, but now that tail looks pretty long. I'd have to say roo.

 

[MN Chicken]

Hmmm, her tail is as long as our other pullets. Here she is yet another week later.

In the first pics, I thought pullet, but now that tail looks pretty long. I'd have to say roo.

 

[Naliez]

Hard to tell from my phone, but it looks like the saddle feathers are starting to split at the tail and the red on the wings looks more apparent. But by now, you'd think s/he would have tried to crow if it was a roo.

 

[MN Chicken]

That's why this bird is so weird! Feathers say roo, but this bird has a flesh comb, no wattles, no pointy feathers, and stands like a pullet. It's maddening!

 

[Naliez]

Maybe there's some kind of hormonal issue?

 

[enola]

A full body shot in profile will help. Can you get another close up from above the comb?

 

[MN Chicken]

Post # 13 is a full body shot in profile from today. I will go get a comb shot now.

A full body shot in profile will help. Can you get another close up from above the comb?

 

[enola]

I was hoping for a body shot that was closer so I could see the shape of the feathers.

The coloration is not a normal hen color , but like has been said it doesn't really ok like a cockerel either.......

 

[dekel18042]

That's why this bird is so weird! Feathers say roo, but this bird has a flesh comb, no wattles, no pointy feathers, and stands like a pullet. It's maddening!

If only the tail feathers say roo, hope for a hen. I have a lavender Ameraucana (Easter Egger?) purchased as a sexed one day old pullet that suddenly a long curved rooster tail feather. Of course I was very unhappy. But that was the only rooish thing about her, except she was larger than the EE's I had gotten the year before. Thankfully the feather fell out and she lays many very large bluish green eggs. With that in mind, I'll say hen.