Crowing chicken but no saddle feathers?

[The Happster]

March?
Then it's pretty old now.

 

[The Happster]

Oh, boy. Literally.
Also, what do you mean by ‘released?’

I was, ah, wondering that.

 

[Stari]

So this chicken is over one year old? (March 2019 to July 2020)

If the chicken is that old, and just started to crow, then you probably have a crowing hen. They are rare, but do happen sometimes.

If the chicken is younger (March 2020 to July 2020), then you probably have a cockerel (young rooster) who started to crow but has not yet grown the pointy male saddle feathers.

Interesting, because all three of his or her’s brothers have some long pointy saddle feathers but she doesn’t have any. And the feathers she has are rounded.

 

[The Happster]

It is a cockerel though. Look at the wings. You can just see the cockerel pattern.

 

[Stari]

I was, ah, wondering that.

We have a large community of ‘semi wild’ chickens where I live in barbados. So basically we were able to put them back with the other wild chickens. It isn’t the best situation in the world but the chickens are happy and healthy

 

[Stari]

It is a cockerel though. Look at the wings. You can just see the cockerel pattern.

I’m a bit of a a chicken noob so I’ll take your word for it.

 

[NatJ]

Sorry I wrote the wrong date, I fixed it now

In that case, you have a cockerel (young rooster.)
He will probably grow saddle feathers later--some grow up faster than others.

There do exist a few breeds of chicken with "hen feathered" roosters, who never do grow the pointy saddle feathers. This chicken of yours might be a hen-feathered rooster. (Rare, but does happen sometimes, depending on what kinds were mixed in his ancestry.)

 

[Stari]

In that case, you have a cockerel (young rooster.)
He will probably grow saddle feathers later--some grow up faster than others.

There do exist a few breeds of chicken with "hen feathered" roosters, who never do grow the pointy saddle feathers. This chicken of yours might be a hen-feathered rooster. (Rare, but does happen sometimes, depending on what kinds were mixed in his ancestry.)

His ancestors is a mystery to me! But cool to know!

 

[Stari]

Thank you guys! My sister wants to wait and see when the other two start laying so we’re going to do that. But it does sound like we have a rooster

 

[OneLostHen]

Id definitely say he's a roo. Hens generally have a more uniform pattern than this one has. And the saddle feathers look like that of a rooster.