10 week old Australorp - rooster or hen??

[austigirl]

We separated him from the others last night just to confirm it was this one doing the crowing and sure enough we woke at dawn to the sound of a rooster coming from our garage. I'm really sad now as the consensus is definitely male & poor Betty-Bob faces the chop. Thanks for you help with this one. The breeder, who I contacted by phone, tried to tell me that I may have a hen that crows - or some sort of hermaphrodite chicken as they rarely make mistakes - but I think it is obvious now its a rooster!!

 

[TwoCrows]

It might help if you go into the new member section of these forums, welcome a few people, and get your posts up to 10 or 15. (I can't remember how many you need) but then you can place a free ad in the animals in need of rehoming section and maybe you can find someone near you that will take him.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/44/new-member-introductions

https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/16182/animals-in-need-of-free-re-homing

I hope you can find him a nice new home.

Good luck!

 

[austigirl]

I am happy to report back that Betty-Bob has a new home with an old friend of ours who just happens to breed this breed of chicken. He will be re'-housed a couple of hours from here on a lovely farm near the coast. Our friend says he is such a beautiful boy it would be a waste to butcher him. Yay!

 

[TwoCrows]

I am happy to report back that Betty-Bob has a new home with an old friend of ours who just happens to breed this breed of chicken. He will be re'-housed a couple of hours from here on a lovely farm near the coast. Our friend says he is such a beautiful boy it would be a waste to butcher him. Yay!