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They are 13 weeks old now. Here are some more pictures that maybe show the saddle feathers. We were confident he was a roo until we brought him to his new home. The other three have the yellow-bottomed feet (meaning Jersey Giant?) so I don't know if that would account for the difference in...

I posted days ago asking about what we suspected was an Australorp rooster. We found a home for the apparent rooster but when we went to drop him off we were told that he was really a she. I'm confused. This chicken is the leader of our pack of four. The other three chickens follow him/her...

We are sad about losing him. He left this morning for his new home. But we were fortunate to find someone who has other chickens and can keep the roos. So he'll have space to roam and a new flock. Fingers crossed none of the remaining three turn out to be roos. They already turned out not...

That is an incredible looking bird!

I am glad things are calming down for you. I can absolutely relate to the stress though. While we haven't had a chicken taken, it seems like we've had a lot of bumps in this short road!

Thank you for the advice and guidance! The mystery has been solved - as of 5am this morning. The little guy started crowing (or trying to). I don't suppose there is any chance that noise could have been a hen stretching her vocal cords? ;-) We are pretty sad about it and are searching for a...

Yay! I hope so!

Hi, I am a new to the backyard chicken scene. We have 4 11 week old Australorps who are awesome but I am concerned that at least one is a roo. We aren't allowed to have roosters due to zoning and I'm not optimistic about my ability to re-home. The one I'm concerned about is the second from...