Hey everyone! It is my first year raising chickens. I have learned a lot from y'all by reading tons of posts on this forum. I have a chicken that I hatched from eggs I ordered from ebay. I hatched about 18 chickens and this is the only one I can't for sure decide if it is a cockerel or hen. As you can imagine, I have too many roosters. Even though I have 15 more pullets that are joining the flock soon I need to get rid of a few roosters. Hoping to get down to 3 or 4 pretty soon. (Unfortunately, my biggest and prettiest rooster is a BA who likes to be aggressive.)
Anyways, I keep looking at this one chicken who is supposedly a BO roo mixed with a Barred rock hen. I never hear it make any noises or even attempt to crow. My other roos all have crowing sessions every few hours. It is also a very calm and docile bird, like my hens. I personally think this chicken is a roo but wanted to see if there's a chance it is a hen. It is about 17 or 18 weeks old now. Thanks for the help!!
Anyways, I keep looking at this one chicken who is supposedly a BO roo mixed with a Barred rock hen. I never hear it make any noises or even attempt to crow. My other roos all have crowing sessions every few hours. It is also a very calm and docile bird, like my hens. I personally think this chicken is a roo but wanted to see if there's a chance it is a hen. It is about 17 or 18 weeks old now. Thanks for the help!!
