Am I a rooster?

[bttaylor13]

Hello,
We're new to having chickens and think one of our ladies may be a dude. Reba, the Rhode Island Red here has grown large and wakes us up with a cock-a-doodle doo.. Any chance an expert can weigh in?
Thanks!
Brendan

 

[Gray Farms]

Cockerel

 

[The Happster]

Welcome to BYC.
That is indeed a cockerel. Are you able to keep cockerels in your area?

 

[CHlCKEN]

Hello,
We're new to having chickens and think one of our ladies may be a dude. Reba, the Rhode Island Red here has grown large and wakes us up with a cock-a-doodle doo.. Any chance an expert can weigh in?
Thanks!
Brendan

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Does this chicken try and mount the hens? That’s a tell tale sign. They might and a crow and rid bit session is a five away. I see a large comb and waddle so I think it’s a roo

 

[CHlCKEN]

Does this chicken try and mount the hens? That’s a tell tale sign. They might and a crow and rid bit session is a five away. I see a large comb and waddle so I think it’s a roo

Ya it’s a roo, I see Pointy saddle feathers

 

[AgnesGray]

Boy... the saddle feathers are another clue.

 

[Flockincrazy]

Reba is Robert

 

[Flockincrazy]

are you able to keep him he will be gorgeous when he is all grown-up and they are great protectors

 

[bttaylor13]

Thanks for the quick replies!

 

[mommiesrcool]

Hello,
We're new to having chickens and think one of our ladies may be a dude. Reba, the Rhode Island Red here has grown large and wakes us up with a cock-a-doodle doo.. Any chance an expert can weigh in?
Thanks!
Brendan

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Crowing hens do happen. Sometimes it's because there isn't a roo present. Sometimes it's a hormonal thing. Friends who have had chickens longer than I told me of a hen they had with huge spurs who laid huge eggs. I think you have a rooster but if it lays an egg its a hen. when you bought them were they labeled pullets or straight run