Ebony... Again

[Peep-Chicken]

Ebony hatched 12/13/14. He was all black, no white spot on his head. Chance he was sex-linked, and this deffinatly seemed plausible when BSL female chest feathers came in. Ebony was so nice, he just wanted to be held as a chick. I started calling him Bestie.

At 10 weeks old, Ebony looked like a pullet, except for the saddle feathers that cans through. I was disappointed, as I already kept two roosters from the December hatch hoping the two could lead my flock of hens. Only a few days later, one of the roosters, Dixon died. My plan for two roosters failed too. I worried there would be too many chickens in a small place. So I gave Fish away, leaving Ebony.

Well, Ebony will be 24 weeks today. Still no manly behaviors. I want fertile eggs! His breed seems to be a BSL crossed with a Jersey Giant.

Pictures of Ebony from today:

He has a spur growing on only one side too.

So, rooster, hen, or mosaic gynandromorph?

 

[Chicken Girl1]

He's a rooster for sure.

 

[Peep-Chicken]

He's a rooster for sure.

Wouldnt he of started crowding 13 weeks ago?

 

[BantamLover21]

Definitely a rooster.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

Wouldnt he of started crowding 13 weeks ago

Mine started crowing around 4-5 months old.

 

[donrae]

He's a rooster for sure. The Jersey Giant blood would lend itself to a slower maturing bird.

 

[Wyandottes7]

He's a rooster for sure. The Jersey Giant blood would lend itself to a slower maturing bird.

x2

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

He's a cockerel - not having crowed does not counter the undeniable physical characteristics and is not indicative of gender, there is no magic age at which a male must crow.....Ebony could go his entire life without ever crowing, but that wouldn't mean he isn't a cockerel.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Cockerel.

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

He's a rooster for sure. The Jersey Giant blood would lend itself to a slower maturing bird.

I agree