Another freaking roo???

[plsmith88]

I bought this guy about six months ago (ordered online, 3 olive egger pullets) and one of his hatch mates was a big black aggressive (beautiful) roo. The other is the sweetest Grey hen. This one doesn’t act like a roo, but hasn’t laid eggs either.

I think I know the answer, but I’m no expert with my small backyard flock. My luck, even when I buy pullets I get mostly roos

 

[HenneryTheEighth]

It looks like another freaking roo, but the body shape …. Maybe it is just the picture angle. Nice stately comb!
I feel your rooster pain. Out of six Christmas Day hatchlings, four were cockerels. I had to separate them from the ladies since they were being extremely hormonal and jumping on the same hen, taking turns. Little jerks.

 

[The Moonshiner]

That's a pullet.
It has a hen specific pattern.

 

[plsmith88]

It looks like another freaking roo, but the body shape …. Maybe it is just the picture angle. Nice stately comb!
I feel your rooster pain. Out of six Christmas Day hatchlings, four were cockerels. I had to separate them from the ladies since they were being extremely hormonal and jumping on the same hen, taking turns. Little jerks.

This is definitely an extra roostery looking pose, but in real life he/she is shaped just like my hens. Sometimes I think the tail feathers might be longer but then I think that’s my mine playing tricks.

thanks for your reply!!

 

[plsmith88]

That's a pullet.
It has a hen specific pattern.

I do see this coloration on hens in my google searches. I think she crowed this morning, so if she isn’t a roo, she’s doing her darndest to masquerade as one

 

[Imammusa]

It’s a hen
And if you are yet to get an egg then I will tell you to be expecting it anytime from now

 

[Acre4Me]

A girl!!

crazy comb though..lol, my kid said it looks like bunny ears.

Some girls take a long time to lay. We had dark brown Lefhorns that took 36, 44, and 45+ weeks to begin to lay. Leghorns that were a mid-Feb hatch. Of course, sometimes there is an internal problem. However, yours looks like she might be at Point of Lay. Any chance she’s got a secret nest?

 

[plsmith88]

A girl!!

crazy comb though..lol, my kid said it looks like bunny ears.

Some girls take a long time to lay. We had dark brown Lefhorns that took 36, 44, and 45+ weeks to begin to lay. Leghorns that were a mid-Feb hatch. Of course, sometimes there is an internal problem. However, yours looks like she might be at Point of Lay. Any chance she’s got a secret nest?

It’s totally possible, they free range in the yard and I have a broody one in the nest boxes. I’ll keep an eye out!

 

[HenneryTheEighth]

I really hope it is a pullet.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

I really hope it is a pullet.

It is.