ayem cemani x olive egger

[WildHair]

I dont want any roosters and this one has me baffled, it crowed yesterday, a feeble crow but a crow just the same. 8 weeks old, ayem cemani father, olive egger hen (silver/blue colored) hatched from a green egg.
i've had suspicions of this little diamond being a neal and i dont want to rehome him if it's her.
hopefully someone can help me to be sure. I even caught it in mid crow lol

 

[NatJ]

it crowed yesterday, a feeble crow but a crow just the same....I even caught it in mid crow

If the chick is really crowing at age 8 weeks, then it's definitely a male.

i dont want to rehome him if it's her.
hopefully someone can help me to be sure.

From the appearance, I might have thought that bird was a female

You could try to get a video of the crowing, if you want someone to double-check.

Sometimes pullets make sounds that get mistaken for crowing, like in this recent thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/are-any-of-these-hens.1572366/page-4#post-26767458

 

[ShrekDawg]

i dont know if this will work or not but this is the video i posted on facebook

You have to upload to YouTube or Vimeo or similar first and then post the link here.

 

[WildHair]

You have to upload to YouTube or Vimeo or similar first and then post the link here.

well crap, okay i'll try that

 

[ShrekDawg]

well crap, okay i'll try that

it looks like it’s working now. It wasn’t before. But your name is showing if that matters to you.

 

[NatJ]

i dont know if this will work or not but this is the video i posted on facebook

Yes, I think you do have a male there. That's a pretty clear crow.

And as he moves around in the video, I see that his comb is larger than I had realized in the still photos. At first the color was mixing me up (because I expect cockerels to have red combs by the time they crow), but then I remembered that he has the black skin from Ayam Cemani, so of course the comb does not show red.

 

[WildHair]

Yes, I think you do have a male there. That's a pretty clear crow.

And as he moves around in the video, I see that his comb is larger than I had realized in the still photos. At first the color was mixing me up (because I expect cockerels to have red combs by the time they crow), but then I remembered that he has the black skin from Ayam Cemani, so of course the comb does not show red.

it's more of a maroon color when you look at him with the naked eye. he's a beautiful little guy and i really wish i liked roosters but, he'll have a great life with the gal that contacted me. he'll have his own little harem of 14 girls his age thank you so much for helping with this.

 

[WildHair]

it looks like it’s working now. It wasn’t before. But your name is showing if that matters to you.

no, not really. I changed it to public so that hopefully it would show up here. hopefully there are no creepers here?? lol

 

[ShrekDawg]

no, not really. I changed it to public so that hopefully it would show up here. hopefully there are no creepers here?? lol

Everybody here is really cool thankfully!!

 

[NatJ]

no, not really. I changed it to public so that hopefully it would show up here. hopefully there are no creepers here?? lol

This site lets anyone see the forums, regardless of whether they have joined, logged in, or anything else. That includes the video.

Posting things here is no safer than posting them anywhere else on the internet. It's up to you whether you are comfortable with that.