Final Verdict??

[RavenEh]

HI Everyone,

I have posted this chick multiple times as she aged, receiving mostly "pullet" as a guess - but I recently rehomed all of my roosters, and she has suddenly become very curious and nosy. So what do you think - pullet or rooster? If she's a rooster, now is the time to rehome her which is why I'm asking.

She was one of six same aged chicks, and her crown is like 1/10th as developed as theirs is and she doesn't have any wattles while they had full wattles. To my untrained eye, it looks like a single pea comb but I'm not sure because it's zigzaggy. I believe she is an easter egger mix. Her crown is reddish, but I know that is not a definite on gender - and all my pullets have had reddish/pink crowns except my newest two so I don't hold much weight in that as a single indicator. I'm hoping some of you, with your experience, can help me to determine whether she's a cockerel or pullet so I can decide whether to rehome her or keep her.

She's 13 weeks old. Does not crow, but she does "bock, bock" sometimes when startled. I was sure she was a pullet until she started acting really bossy and dominant...compared to my other roosters, she is definitely a hen but she's a different breed so I can't really depend on that.











Thanks for your help!! I have someone interested in a rooster if I have one, so I am hoping to determine this asap so I can get her into a new home if she is a boy, or keep her if she is a girl. I know it's never definite but hopefully you all can provide some guidance!!! Thanks again.

 

[nchls school]

Pullet. My most dominant and bossy chicken is a mixed breed bantam hen.

 

[RavenEh]

Pullet. My most dominant and bossy chicken is a mixed breed bantam hen.

I wondered if its just being a top hen. She has really gotten bossy now that we have two new, younger chicks as well. She tells them what to do and how to do, but she doesn't hurt them thankfully.

 

[Chicken Girl1]

She looks like a pullet, I agree with nchl school about the bossiness.

 

[Michael OShay]

She's a pullet. )

 

[RavenEh]

Oh good! Thank you! Phew....so now I know what I've got. 5 pullets, 1 rooster...and the rooster is on borrowed time while I see if he's going to be too much for the ladies or not. Thanks for your comments!

 

[Michael OShay]

Oh good! Thank you! Phew....so now I know what I've got. 5 pullets, 1 rooster...and the rooster is on borrowed time while I see if he's going to be too much for the ladies or not. Thanks for your comments!

You're welcome. Enjoy those eggs. )

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

It looks like a cockerel. Pullets only get combs that red when they are at least over sixteen weeks old and it has darker patches of red barring over it's wings which indicate cockerel. Also, it has a strange comb because you get a squiggly "noodle comb" when you cross a bird with a single comb and a bird with a pea comb.

 

[Lady of McCamley]

I could go either way with this one....I may be seeing some saddle development, but it is really hard to tell in the photo with the barring. The color is in-between for me as well. Not as even as I would like for a pullet, but not boldly cockeral either.

Hope for a hen, but wait it out and don't be too surprised if this was a slower developing rooster.

Behavior doesn't matter really. I've had snotty girls. You just removed birds which upset the pecking order so there has been a re-shuffle. You will see more aggressive behavior as the birds re-position in the flock.

If this bird and the rooster begin to fight a lot, then I think you definitely have a rooster.

LofMc

 

[TreyShanks20]

i say definitely pullet