Boy or girl? Help!

[Gracey1983]

Hi we have had our 3 “girls” for couple months now, and last few days one of them has started crowing around 6am in the morning. I thought only boys crow. Could anyone tell me if she a girl or in fact a boy...she has a large comb and big woddle... . I think boy

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Congratulations, the big blue one is a boy.

 

[dalasgalas]

What a beautiful roo!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Congratulations, the big blue one is a boy.

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[Gracey1983]

Congratulations, the big blue one is a boy.

We thought “she” might be, how can you tell, is it the signs I mentioned? Will he still be ok with our other 2 girls, one pictured behind him?

 

[DobieLover]

He'll be fine with the two pullets he was raised with.
Look at his saddle feathers. They are long and sickle shaped vs your pullets saddle feathers which are rounded. But the crowing was also a bit of a tip off!

 

[Gracey1983]

Our other bantam is polish, and early on she was the dominant one, but recently she seems to have taken a back seat and this one now seems to be dominant, is this because it’s a boy? Would that make sense

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

We thought “she” might be, how can you tell, is it the signs I mentioned? Will he still be ok with our other 2 girls, one pictured behind him?

Do you have other chickens? He may be too much on only 2 hens.

You can see he's developing hackle and saddle feathers. They are thinner and more pointy, and are usually darker and shiny.

 

[Gracey1983]

Do you have other chickens? He may be too much on only 2 hens.

You can see he's developing hackle and saddle feathers. They are thinner and more pointy, and are usually darker and shiny.

We have what we thought was 3 girls, 2 peking and 1 polish... they all seem to get on fine and there doesn’t appear to be or have been any fighting between them

 

[dalasgalas]

We had one roo and two hens for a few years, they got on fine together. I guess it depends on the dynamic of the flock.