Cockerel?

[BabyandCotton]

This is my 18 week? Jersey giant. The eggs I've been getting are fertile ( bullseye is very prominent) and I think he is my rooster. I don't own any roosters whatsoever. But I think that he is. Hes got the cock stance and a hen squatted for him! He also bosses them around.
-Liv

 

[junebuggena]

That bird is female. Mounting is dominance related.

 

[RhodeRunner]

I don't think that is your rooster, it looks like a pullet. Also, that bird has another month or two before it matures. Is there another bird that could be a rooster?

Also, seeing a dot inside the egg is normal... every egg will contain a blastodisk. Just in case, here is some help to help spot fertile from infertile eggs http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2013/01/facts-and-myths-about-fertile-eggs.html

 

[BabyandCotton]

It match's up %100 with fertile. I cracked one that had been outside in the sun and it had some veins.
Here's another suspect cockerel

Light Brahma.
-Liv

 

[junebuggena]

How long did that egg sit in the sun? A few hours? Or a few days? It takes at least 72 hours of being kept at a near constant 100* for veining to be visible.
Most likely it was just a blood or meat spot in the egg.

 

[BabyandCotton]

At least 3 days, probably more. I didn't expect them to start laying so I wasn't checking the boxes. It was a little dark spot with veins.
-Liv

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Agree with junebuggena. How old is the Brahma? It doesn't look like a cockerel either, though they are slow to mature.

 

[RhodeRunner]

The Brahma is a hen.

 

[BabyandCotton]

Agree with junebuggena. How old is the Brahma? It doesn't look like a cockerel either, though they are slow to mature.

He's 17 weeks, I was playing him a crow and he tried to crow so IDK.
-Liv

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Really looks like a pullet, could even be the one that laid. Could you post another picture of her? And some hens crow.