Easter Egger Hen or Roo?

[Great Eggspectations]

I fear this 14 week old beauty is a roo. Can anyone confirm and tell me what to look for?

 

[sourland]

Your fears are correct. The bird pictured is a cockerel.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

That is a cockerel, sadly.
Things to look for when trying to tell gender, is:
Any chick that is In between about five weeks to around ten weeks that has a larger red comb is most likely a cockerel. Sometimes you can tell at four weeks, but it just depends. After that, start looking for pointy hackle, saddle, and longer sickle feathers. Your roo has all of those things.

 

[Great Eggspectations]

Dang it! But my used-to-be she is so pretty and I was really looking forward to blue or green eggs! ! I think I'll try to keep him anyway. At least he has a relatively gender neutral name (Jellybean). Thank you for your identification.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

He is all boy.

 

[Great Eggspectations]

That is a cockerel, sadly.
Things to look for when trying to tell gender, is:
Any chick that is In between about five weeks to around ten weeks that has a larger red comb is most likely a cockerel. Sometimes you can tell at four weeks, but it just depends. After that, start looking for pointy hackle, saddle, and longer sickle feathers. Your roo has all of those things.

Thank you so much for the info.

 

[Great Eggspectations]

Your fears are correct. The bird pictured is a cockerel.

Sigh. Thank you.

 

[Haleybug7]

Definitely a roo! And beautiful too

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Pointy saddle feathers, large red comb, many different colors, definitely a cockerel.

 

[Great Eggspectations]

Update: Since I can't keep a roo where I live, I found him a wonderful new home where he'll have 11 Easter Egger females all to himself. They just lost their older roo to this bout of extreme heat we've had here, so it's great timing. So happy!!! Thank you everyone for assuring this chicken newbie that I do indeed have a cockerel.