Could my hen be a rooster?

[BizzyB]

I have a Dominicker named Blueberry Michelle and recently I’ve noticed that her tail feathers have a curl or sickle shape to them. My mom says that some hens can have tail feathers like that and we hope she’s not a rooster cause we planned on only having chickens for eggs not breeding. If she is a rooster we’ll probably keep her and just change her name to Blueberry Michael. Added pictures but BB is a bit hard to get photos of.

 

[Silviaschicks]

Can you post some pictures? Specifically of the tail, the face, and a side view

 

[TheOddOneOut]

I have a Dominicker named Blueberry Michelle and recently I’ve noticed that her tail feathers have a curl or sickle shape to them. My mom says that some hens can have tail feathers like that and we hope she’s not a rooster cause we planned on only having chickens for eggs not breeding. I saw a post on here that Dominicker males are darker than the females and my BB has more white than black. If she is a rooster we’ll probably keep her and just change her name to Blueberry Michael.

You’ve got it backwards.
Males are lighter than females.

 

[cherrynberry]

I have a Dominicker named Blueberry Michelle and recently I’ve noticed that her tail feathers have a curl or sickle shape to them. My mom says that some hens can have tail feathers like that and we hope she’s not a rooster cause we planned on only having chickens for eggs not breeding. I saw a post on here that Dominicker males are darker than the females and my BB has more white than black. If she is a rooster we’ll probably keep her and just change her name to Blueberry Michael.

Pictures? Males have lighter barring than females.

 

[EmmaRainboe]

Dominicker males are darker than the females and my BB has more white than black

Males are lighter than females due to double barring. Having double barring restricts the eumelanin longer resulting in wider white bars.

 

[HappyClucker7]

We need pictures to sex the bird.
As the others have said, males are lighter because they have a double barring gene, which creates wider bands of white between the black.

 

[Painted Calls]

Will wait for pics.

 

[Sortacountrychicken]

Cockerel

 

[cherrynberry]

I have a Dominicker named Blueberry Michelle and recently I’ve noticed that her tail feathers have a curl or sickle shape to them. My mom says that some hens can have tail feathers like that and we hope she’s not a rooster cause we planned on only having chickens for eggs not breeding. If she is a rooster we’ll probably keep her and just change her name to Blueberry Michael. Added pictures but BB is a bit hard to get photos of. View attachment 2805396View attachment 2805397View attachment 2805398View attachment 2805399

Cockerel

 

[Painted Calls]

Cockerel.