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I appreciate the help! It's a disappoinment, but that's life. I guess we're going to need t come up with another name for him then since the kids have been calling him Queeny. We assumed he was the top chick so I told the kids he was the queen to explain why he was in charge and Queeny stuck :-)

I know hens grow combs at different rates, so is it that it grew so fast thst makes him a rooster or is there another feature you see? I guess I'm just hoping he's not a rooster as that's what I ordered. I have to get a special permit to have roosters and even then my neighbor will lose his mind...

I've also read that roosters have spurs. Would they be showing at this age?

Ok thank you. I'm not sure what to do now. Are there any advantages of having a rooster? I think I've read that they are protective of their flock.

I'm very inexperienced, but from what I've read from other posts a rooster should be more silver than this one, so I wasn't concerned until recently because her comb is getting bigger while none ofthe other 5 are at all.

I ordered 6 barred rock female chicks that I've been raising since 1 day old. I noticed one started growing the comb and waddle (i think that's the name for under the neck thing) and that the others defer to her. Now they are almost 7 weeks old and the other combs are only tiny and still orange...