Doesn't crow but doesn't lay.. I think I'm a roo though

ChurpyChicken

Songster
10 Years
Sep 19, 2009
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Buxton/Leek
Hatched out June 2009. Thought it was a hen as it wasn't rooing or showing any interest in the ladies. But then it isn't laying! It didn't have a big comb until recently. All of a sudden its attacking everyone that walks past it. Is it a roo?


 
Yep have 2 others roo's, they both crow. Can you see the black cochin in the back ground, would you say thats also a roo?
 
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Sorry about the delay, popped out to take some and he/she wouldn't stand still!!

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Hmmm...tough one. The photo is a little dark to see the saddle & hackle feathers. When you look at them, are they pointy and the saddle feathers curving towards the ground, or are the hackle/saddle feathers more rounded? That would be the best indication. The body and tail shape look hennish. The comb/wattles are pretty well developed and red enough that if its a hen, she should be laying soon.
 
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Is that any better? Shes a month older than the other one she was born May 2009. Ive never hatched my own before so haven't a clue whose a roo or hen!
 

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