Did I end up with a roo?

[MetalheadChickenLady]

Did I end up with a Wyandotte rooster? they're all approximately 4 months old. here you can see a female (behind the silkie) and the bird in question in front. it's started to crow, but a really weak and garbled sounding crow, so I thought at first it was just an androgenous hen taking up the rooster mantle. but looking at the plumage coloration now, I'm not so sure. I have two that look exactly the same as the female pictured but then there's this odd one out. yesterday I caught the whole flock mimicking a crow together when that one instigated it.

 

[Chive]

Yeah, he looks like a cockerel. He is beautiful!

 

[MetalheadChickenLady]

Yeah, he looks like a cockerel. He is beautiful!

oh boy lol. this could get interesting. this is only my second time rearing a flock and I didn't have a roo last time!

 

[Chive]

oh boy lol. this could get interesting. this is only my second time rearing a flock and I didn't have a roo last time!

Are you considering keeping him? I would raise him up and see if he is a good rooster after his teenage hormones calm down.

 

[MetalheadChickenLady]

Are you considering keeping him? I would raise him up and see if he is a good rooster after his teenage hormones calm down.

yep! (unless i get a complaint from the city, but i dont think i will because i hear other roosters nearby. but if he starts to get noisy i'm gonna make a no-crow collar.)

 

[Boxcar Orchard]

That happened to me, too! Sold as a pullet, but obviously not!

 

[MetalheadChickenLady]

That happened to me, too! Sold as a pullet, but obviously not!View attachment 3631774

that 10% chance of getting a Cockerel sure seems bigger than 10% doesn't it lol

 

[sourland]

Yep, it's a cockerel.