3-week-old RIR -- what do you think?

[MichelleT71]

We thought we got all pullets, but could this little cutie possibly be a cockerel?

Buttercup is 3 weeks old.

Thanks for sharing your opinion.

 

[Fred's Hens]

A bit early. The next few weeks will tell the tale. I don't think it's a kangaroo.

However, thick legs, square head, upright look, major comb and wattles already sprouting?

Yeah, Those are the marks of a cockerel.

 

[MichelleT71]

Thank you for the reply.

Are baby roosters ever called Roos? Or always cockerels? I'm new to this, so I have no idea, lol. ;-)

 

[Fred's Hens]

Properly, they are cockerels. Just as young female is not a hen, but a pullet.

Roos is a modern word used by the text gen. Please, say what you wish. Just don't go to a poultry show, or do 4H and use that kind of terminology. The great thing about 4H and junior showing is that part of the training is learning the lingo. It's all good.