Barred Rock... Rooster or Hen? PICS!!

[Rockland Farm]

Hi! I posted about her/him 3 weeks ago when she was 13 weeks old... now she's 16 weeks. Almost everyone said she was a HE. Now, I kind of think she might be a SHE... but still not sure. There hasn't been any crowing... no rooster behavior. What do you think??

 

[Wynette]

Can you get a good side shot? It appears that s/he has tail feathers beginning to curve, which is a dead giveaway for a roo. But, from the angle, it's a bit hard to tell. I've got a Silver Penciled Rock whose comb is about this size.

I just looked again...16 weeks is awfully early for the comb to be THAT red... I think it's a cockerel.

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

Cockerel - very light coloring, not much wash down the front of the legs, and large comb & wattles.

These are my pullets at 15 weeks:

This is another shot of them at 20 weeks - about 2 weeks before they started laying:

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Cockerel

 

[speckledhen]

It's a boy. The stringy, shiny hackles and saddles are coming in.