Cockerel?

[BabyandCotton]

-Liv

 

[BabyandCotton]

Here he is
-Liv

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Pullet. She's pretty! Could also be the one that is laying, or will lay soon.

 

[BabyandCotton]

Thank you. I'm really wondering about these fertile eggs. I'm just going to have to keep my out I guess
-Liv

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

You could post pictures of the rest of your chickens. I'd be happy to look at them for you, and I'm sure others would be willing to help as well.

 

[BabyandCotton]

Here's one more picture of the Brahma, he look really cockerelish in this picture
Later I'll take a few more pictures of the others. It's like 102 f out right now, lol!
-Liv

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

Oh wow! I'm glad it isn't that hot where I live (Southern Hemisphere, so winter here - still warm though!). It is hard to see that picture well because of the fuzziness, but still doesn't look like a cockerel to me. I'm only seeing pullet feathers, and at 17 weeks a cockerel would be more obvious.

 

[BabyandCotton]

Ok thanks! I was hoping for a boy, I'll give the chicks a few more weeks before I start looking for a good cockerel. She was crowing about five minutes ago and the all the hens squat for him/ her. It's slightly confusing! Especially with the fertile eggs. I wish it was winter here!
-Liv

 

[TheKindaFarmGal]

There is a slight chance the Brahma is a cockerel. It's just that she looks nothing like one (to me, at least). Maybe you have a late bloomer? Chickens don't just squat for roosters, it is also a sign of submission. So if you have a dominant pullet, the others might squat for her.

 

[BabyandCotton]

You're right. When she/he was a chick, s/he had a red comb and wattles and a full curly tail. I was confident he was a rooster.If anything s/he is the dominant hen.

Oh well. There probably is a good rooster needing a good home.
-Liv