4 week old ... Roo?

[adeechickluv]

Well, thanks to all your guesses, I have purchased a week old Rhode Island Red and am looking for buyers for my to-be cockadoodle-er!

 

[Backyard Hencam]

At four weeks, this might help you:

According to UC Davis Veterinary Care Program.
2. Physical Characteristics (4-6 weeks of age)
a. Comb – The cockerels comb is medium size and pinkish, the pullets is small and yellowish.
b. Legs – The cockerel’s legs are sturdy and long, the pullets are finer and shorter.
c. Tail – The cockerel’s tail is stumpy and curved, the pullets is longer and straight.
d. Back – The cockerel has a thin line of stub feathers down the center of his back, the pullet has more advanced feathering along the center of her back.
e. Side of neck, flank and crop – The feathering in the cockerel in these areas is poorly advanced, the pullets feathering in these areas is well advanced.
f. Wing bows – In the cockerel the wing bows are bare, in pullets the wing bows are covered with small feathers.

Good Luck. I hope for his sake, he's a girl!

 

[LittleMamaBigPapa]

Sure looks like a boy.... Where do you live? Any farms around that might take him?

 

[WhetzelMomma]

So I've seen this word used before... Wing Bow. What exactly is that, and where do you find it on a bird?

 

[77horses]

Quote:
chicky78 That is a pullet I think.

adeechickluv: yours looks like a definite rooster. Sorry!

But he's pretty!