Are these Tail Feather's normal?

[CristinaLa]

ok.. so i have a Golden Laced Waydotte, she is 4 weeks old.. and she looks so different than the other Golden laced Waydotte i have.. her Tail feather's are sticking straight up in the air... all the time... None of my Big girls look like this.. I was wondering is this normal??? or could this indicate that she's a Roo????I know they are not the best pics...

 

[fowlmouthgirls]

Hmm, I'd say Roo, but I'm not a pro yet, lol

 

[aggiemae]

They are normal for a roo. Our Sliver Lace roo had the same tall feathers.

 

[CristinaLa]

Was your Silver Laced Roo nice????? I dont want a mean rooster..

 

[chickenbythesea]

doesn't necessarily mean Roo... I have a lavender orpington hen who's tail feathers stick straight up... if you look at her side on she makes a perfect U. I'd go more by her/his comb and wattles (and I can't tell in that photo)

 

[CristinaLa]

I cropped the pics to see if they are better.. i'll try to take some more pics tomorrow of this little guy/girl

 

[jfremin]

I can't tell if its a roo; it's a pretty bird

 

[CristinaLa]

Ok here is some close up pics i took today of this chick of his face... Do you guy's still think Roo???

 

[aggiemae]

Now that I see the tail from the side I am reconsidering my opinion! What made my SLW roo obvious (Other than that he was crowing at four weeks!) was that this tail ran up and down hid back instead of back and forth in a fan like a hens dose and also the shape of his feather tips was different from all my hens. And it's true that most all hens do carry their feather high sometimes This is the first time

I have had never had either GLW or SLW before but I did notice that the rose/comb (or rather the spot where it will some day grow) on this breed seemed to get pink/red at about an month. All our usual breeds, RIR, Maran, Orpington and Wellsummer hens had yellow combs at that point. Our Maran and Buff Orp "almost" pullets still have pale combs at 16 weeks.

 

[CristinaLa]

Now that I see the tail from the side I am reconsidering my opinion! What made my SLW roo obvious (Other than that he was crowing at four weeks!) was that this tail ran up and down hid back instead of back and forth in a fan like a hens dose and also the shape of his feather tips was different from all my hens. And it's true that most all hens do carry their feather high sometimes This is the first time

I have had never had either GLW or SLW before but I did notice that the rose/comb (or rather the spot where it will some day grow) on this breed seemed to get pink/red at about an month. All our usual breeds, RIR, Maran, Orpington and Wellsummer hens had yellow combs at that point. Our Maran and Buff Orp "almost" pullets still have pale combs at 16 wk

ok... so hopefully it's a Hen.. I'm hoping....