Blue Bell Egger Cockerel?

[Dani & Mikey]

Oh, man. You guys. I am suspicious. We may have a Roo on our hands. I’ve never had, or even seen, a rooster with this kind of comb and I’m unsure. The look of those neck and tail feathers, the way she (?) stands and walks...all make me think boy. Thoughts?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Oh no, between the male saddle feathers and the rust wing bars, that's all male. You have a cockerel on your hands here.

 

[Dani & Mikey]

Oh no, between the male saddle feathers and the rust wing bars, that's all male. You have a cockerel on your hands here.

Oh, no! I am definitely on the “chickens are pets, and pets are for life” end of the chicken keeper scale, and am just now recovering from having to say goodbye to our last rooster when he got out of hand.
Thank you for your help. I just knew it!!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Absolutely a cockerel

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Oh, no! I am definitely on the “chickens are pets, and pets are for life” end of the chicken keeper scale, and am just now recovering from having to say goodbye to our last rooster when he got out of hand.
Thank you for your help. I just knew it!!

It sounds like you are not prohibited from having a rooster, but rather had to be rid of the previous one due to behavior issues, is that correct? If so I would strongly suggest you read up on the management of cockerels to result in a respectful and keepable rooster. There are several members here who have some great information available on managing male flock members appropriately to avoid the common behavior issues. Hint familiarity breeds contempt.....applies in raising a respectful male bird. Those behaviors that people interpret as being cute, friendly, of loving, etc are viewed by the bird as being dominant over the humans which can end up being disastrous for the bird down the road

 

[cstephens1987]

Lovely cockerel

 

[Dani & Mikey]

It sounds like you are not prohibited from having a rooster, but rather had to be rid of the previous one due to behavior issues, is that correct? If so I would strongly suggest you read up on the management of cockerels to result in a respectful and keepable rooster. There are several members here who have some great information available on managing male flock members appropriately to avoid the common behavior issues. Hint familiarity breeds contempt.....applies in raising a respectful male bird. Those behaviors that people interpret as being cute, friendly, of loving, etc are viewed by the bird as being dominant over the humans which can end up being disastrous for the bird down the road

Absolutely fantastic advice! I thank you for the reminder. Early on in our chicken keeping I heard the story of a friend’s pet rooster growing up a snuggler until the day he ripped the guys face open. Our last boy was raised with that story in mind. Not overly friendly. We remained dominant and he respected us. He was a fantastic rooster in every way except he hated our BJG hen. She was top of the flock before he came around, she never let him mate with her, and they plain out hated each other. He would attack her. Badly. One day I came home and he had damn near killed her. We had tried separating him but there was no way for us to make it work.

 

[cstephens1987]

Absolutely fantastic advice! I thank you for the reminder. Early on in our chicken keeping I heard the story of a friend’s pet rooster growing up a snuggler until the day he ripped the guys face open. Our last boy was raised with that story in mind. Not overly friendly. We remained dominant and respected is. He was a fantastic rooster in every way except he hated our BGJ hen. She was top of the flock before he came around, she never let him mate with her, and they plain out hated each other. He would attack her. Badly. One day I came home and he had damn near killed her. We had tried separating him but there was no way for us to make it work.

Wow

 

[Dani & Mikey]

I deleted the pictures. I’m hoping my husband still had them. He looked like Carrie at the prom, and she looked like she had been chewed up and spit out. Broke my heart.

 

[chrissynemetz]

He's a cockerel, a really gorgeous one. Are you gonna try to keep him?