Can't tell if they are hens or feminine roo's!

[rebecca100]

Okay yesterday i had 15 6 mo old white rock st. run chickens given to me. I can tell that they are mostly roo's, but there are a couple in there that have the hen face, but more roo looking tails. They have smaller heads with small combs and wattles-like a hen. They also have two longer feathers that are slightly curved at the top of their tails and small, but roo-like saddle feathers. The big roos all have large combs and wattles and prominent saddle feathers. I can't post pics

so I need some ideas on how to tell. The big roos also have small spurs starting. ( I would go by crowing-but half do that already and I can't be out there all the time to see which are doing it!)

 

[TheNewMrsEvans]

put them in a separate area with a nestbox...if you get a present then you know you have a hen!

I noticed when I had a huge group of roos some were more dominant, crowed and their combs redder....others were more wimpy...maybe separate off the obvious roos and see who puffs up and gets dominant?

 

[obe10]

why can't you post pics? if you don't know how, you have to go to upload on the menu bar. a picture would definitely help!

if the saddle feathers are pointed then i would suspect a roo also if the tail is pointed then probably roo but if they are 6 mouths old they should have already have developed big combs and wattles... i dunno what to say, roo?

 

[rebecca100]

I don't have a camera to take the pics! It was damaged and I haven't replaced it yet. I think I will seperate them and see what happens. I also put out laying mash for he ones who want it so maybe any hens will start to lay. I did notice too that there were some that were definately roos that were very timid. Oh well I guess time will tell! I guess that for free I shouldn't complain!