15 week old Rhode Island Red - boy or girl?

[LynsP]

Hi! I wonder if anyone could tell me the sex of my 15 week old Rhode Island Red? And if you can tell, how can you tell? Many thanks!

 

[LizzzyJo]

I think he’s a roo. The feathers on his tail are long and curled downward.

 

[LynsP]

I think he’s a roo. The feathers on his tail are long and curled downward.

Oh that's great! Thank you. We are hoping for at least one rooster and we think we have two, which should hopefully be fine for our ten hens.

 

[The Happster]

It's a pullet. 100%
No male feathering, and there absolutely would be by now, pullet face, and tiny comb. Definitely a girl.

 

[Sammi_0411]

X2 being a pullet.... duller colouring less defined comb and wattles at 15 weeks.... x

 

[abpatchy]

to me the face says pullet... a rooster would definitly be more red and larger waddles and comb. But the tailfeather says rooster. You might have to give it a couple of weeks to know more.

 

[Sammi_0411]

I do agree the tail does kinda shout roo but im still leaning pullet xx

 

[Sammi_0411]

U heard any kinda crowing?

 

[The Happster]

No way is that a cockerel.
Tail means nothing at this age.
Nothing about that tail is unpullet-like.
It's a pullet, with zero doubt.
Congrats.

 

[LynsP]

U heard any kinda crowing?

No crowing yet. We have two that we thought were roosters - the Rhode Island Red and a Columbian Blacktail. We also had a silkie that just crowed for the first time yesterday which we had thought was a girl until that point. We just gave the silkie to a friend, and so we're hoping at least one of these two are roosters. They are much bigger than our hens but I'm not sure if that's due to breed.