Boy or girl?

[mahermic]

I got several barred rock chicks from Agway that were supposed to be all girls. This one is completely different and I think it is a boy. This bird is 22 weeks old. This bird hasn't crowed or even given any signs of crowing. Please give me your thoughts

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[ambabya]

Looks like a roo to me.

 

[BabyandCotton]

Cockerel all the way. My rooster is doing same thing. He is 16 weeks and no crow. What causes this?
-Liv

 

[junebuggena]

Cockerel all the way. My rooster is doing same thing. He is 16 weeks and no crow. What causes this?
-Liv

Some boys can take over 8 months to start crowing. Be patient, and consider yourself lucky that he hasn't found his voice yet.

 

[drumstick diva]

Don't jinx him - a silent rooster is the greatest treasure

 

[junebuggena]

Worth a million bucks, right!

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh man, I'm with Diva..don't jinx him..he has no idea what he has there. No crowing? Wish I could find one like that for where I am.

 

[mahermic]

Thanks everyone for your thoughts! This is my first time raising chickens. He was always lighter in color than the rest of the rocks and I was so excited at the time how different " she" was and wondered why "she" was so much prettier than the rest.. it didn't even dawn on me that it could be a rooster because I was told that they were all sexed and were all girls. The chicks I was told were all vaccinated too for Mereks but that too was not so. I have Mereks in my flock and have lost several birds to that. It has been a very rough start to my chicken raising. Despite educating myself and investing in all of the state of the art chicken fencing, shed, cleaning protocol I am still learning a lot! Thank goodness for this great website!

 

[Cynthia12]

Oh no...sorry you are having to deal with this!