Dominique hen or roo? (pics)

[UncleMule]

I'm not criticizing but just wondering, what's wrong with a roo? I see many people around the boards that are disappointed they have a roo.
If you don't want the crowing, fertilization or supposed protection from a roo, in just a few weeks you'll have a fried chicken dinner on your hands. Isn't that a positive thing?

 

[lauralou]

I know that the dark wash on the legs is supposed to tell you it's a girl. But in some strains, both sexes have that. Way back when, when I had a Dominique roo, all of my Dominique babies had that dark wash on their legs. In my line, the only way to tell for sure was by the difference in the feathers. As soon as the wing feathers started coming in, I could see the lightness of those first feathers. Actually, the fact that the white bar was wider on the males. Is that the only Dom that you have? Because it's much easier to tell when you have some girls to compare to. They really are much darker.

Sorry, I thinks it's a boy, too.

Hope I'm wrong, but I don't think so.

 

[lauralou]

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And Uncle Mule,

I'm with you on that. Really I am. But a lot of people don't know how to do the deed, or simply can't imagine themselves doing it. So it's a hard thing to deal with.

 

[joanie_maine]

It's a roo

 

[joanie_maine]

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So true

A friend of mine had a running joke.....

Whoever has the least number of roosters wins.


I raise bantams and there's not much meat on my cockerels

 

[NYREDS]

With that colouring & thst much comb development @ 4 1/2 weeks-definately male.

 

[moonflowers]

I am new at this, but it looks like a boy to me. I had a BR boy I had to rehome and while the comb was obviously different, they look the same otherwise.

 

[rikku_03]

I think it might be a roo at the same time it might not be I heard some people say that they thought their chicken was a roo and it turned out to be a hen.

 

[txredneckmedic]

at that age and that coloring in the comb....u got a chicken dinner there....err roo