Do you think this is a roo?

[firsthouse_mp]

Is Louise a boy??? I just saw a picture of a Barred Rock pullet and it didn't look like this....do I have a roo?

We have had "her" for a year and have never heard her crow. I also have had 3 eggs some days and for a while only had three chickens. So what gives?

 

[HEChicken]

Looks like a hen to me.

 

[Mahonri]

Doesn't look like a roo to me.

 

[nnbreeder]

No saddle feathers, nice rounded hackle feathers, looks like a hen to me too.

 

[firsthouse_mp]

Oh phew....made me worried! Thank you!

 

[wood&feathers]

Glad to hear it's a girl, I got one starting to look just like her. Her comb is as big and red as my mutt rooster, but "her" feathers are mostly dark with gray bars and rounded looking. She has been "practicing" laying for 3 wks but no eggs and no crowing yet. The suspense...

 

[joedie]

That's a pullet. The hackle feathers are rounded and I believe te roos are lighter in color.

 

[Minniechickmama]

If you look through some of the old threads you can find others who worried about this same thing. Sometimes the girls develop some boyish features, even start crowing, but it doesn't change that they are female. I read that this happens more in flocks that lack a roo. food for thought.